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VivAgriLab: bringing agriculture and research into contact in the southwest Paris region

… . Set up in 2021, VivAgriLab is an initiative designed to bring together research, agriculture and local … Paris region, in which Université Paris-Saclay is a stakeholder. The aim is to develop applied research projects on … the sustainability of the territory, by promoting the production and consumption of local food and the use of locally …

Published on: Thu 17/04/2025 - 08:26

NODS-CoV-2: Simulating risks of hospital-acquired infections via SARS-CoV-2

… for Covid-19, can be transmitted in hospitals. Understanding how and tracking risks caused by movement in … Guillemot from the Anti-infective evasion and pharmacoepidemiology  (Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Inserm) and … now a well-known fact. Limiting contact is essential to reduce the propagation of Covid-19. How can this be made …

Published on: Tue 26/05/2020 - 08:40

A stable ocean on Mars three billion years ago

… - CNRS/Univ. Paris-Saclay) have released new findings demonstrating that approximately three billion years ago, … its lifespan and age remain a mystery. Previous climate models have not been able to confirm the existence of large … Martian temperatures below freezing (0°C for pure water), due to the ocean’s circulation which could have warmed the …

Published on: Wed 19/01/2022 - 15:18

Cutting-edge stem cell research

… (Article from l'Edition n.15 - february 2021)   A great deal of research is devoted to exploring the regenerative and therapeutic potential of embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells and their suitability for new …

Published on: Thu 25/03/2021 - 14:31

NO to popular misconceptions in chemistry! (1/3)

… a large community of chemists with its researchers and students, has chosen to focus on chemistry. This exciting … "NO to popular misconceptions in chemistry!": a series of deliberately quirky illustrations that we hope will spark a … reaction (temperature, pressure and quantities), and the products of the reaction. For example, to make caramel, table …

Published on: Fri 28/06/2019 - 16:00

NO to popular misconceptions in chemistry! (2/3)

… a large community of chemists with its researchers and students, has chosen to focus on chemistry. This exciting … "NO to popular misconceptions in chemistry!": a series of deliberately quirky illustrations that we hope will spark a … of essential medicines for such conditions. As yews’ production output of Taxol is relatively low, chemists’ …

Published on: Fri 12/07/2019 - 16:00

Jean-Yves Le Gall elected Chair of Université Paris-Saclay’s Strategic Advisory Board

… Strategic Advisory Board Jean-Yves Le Gall, who was President of France’s national space agency, the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) until April 2021, was unanimously … on its strategic direction and monitor its implementation. During the Board’s first seminar which was held on 18 and 19 …

Published on: Mon 21/06/2021 - 14:26

The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics: two of the laureates began their work in attosecond science at CEA Saclay

… at CEA Saclay The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to the physicists Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and … Research The three laureates are recognised for having “demonstrated a way to create extremely short pulses of light … member of the Governing Board at the Institut d’Optique Graduate School at Université Paris-Saclay. She also works …

Published on: Tue 03/10/2023 - 16:17

Reaction to France’s new Immigration bill

… have joined forces to protest against the measures included in France’s new immigration bill. On Tuesday 19 December, before the bill was officially voted by the French … bill “As presidents of French universities and higher education and research institutions, we have read carefully …

Published on: Wed 20/12/2023 - 13:52

Probiotics to prevent respiratory infections in the elderly

… Probiotics to prevent respiratory infections in the elderly Probiotics to prevent respiratory infections in the elderly Research The group of microorganisms which live in the … from the lungs to the intestines. The opposite is also true during reflux from the stomach and oesophagus. Finally, …

Published on: Tue 23/02/2021 - 09:56

Basile Gallet: Surfing fluid dynamics

… portraits Basile Gallet is a researcher at the Service de physique de l'état condensé (Condensed Matter Physics Department) … in the atmosphere, etc. These are then modelled and reproduced in the laboratory in order to better understand them. …

Published on: Fri 26/02/2021 - 12:38

Patrick Couvreur: Nanomedicine Pioneer

… start-ups. The researcher is also a member of scientific academies in several European countries and the United States. He became president of the French National Academy of Pharmacy in 2020. … Pathology, then headed by Nobel Medicine 1974, Christian de Duve, inspired him to make miniature doses to penetrate …

Published on: Thu 22/10/2020 - 17:08