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Aurélie Gentils: Optimising materials with nuclear applications

… to irradiation of materials with nuclear applications. Together with her team, she successfully produced an oxide dispersion-strengthened steel, using ions, for the first … Cité) and the 'Institut matériaux microélectronique nanosciences de Provence' (Institute of Microelectronics and …

Published on: Fri 23/06/2023 - 14:49

Aline Lefebvre-Lepot: modelling and simulating granular flows

… Aline Lefebvre-Lepot: modelling and simulating granular flows Aline Lefebvre-Lepot: … simulating granular media and viscous suspensions for a better understanding of their behaviour. "Have you ever … awarded the Blaise Pascal prize by the French Academy of Sciences in 2022 .   Teaching as a means of communication …

Published on: Wed 24/01/2024 - 09:45

Philippe Mendels: exploring condensed matter

… Philippe Mendels: exploring condensed matter Philippe Mendels: exploring … and the use of local investigation techniques - nuclear magnetic resonance and muon spin resonance. Throughout his … the Charles Defforey Foundation of the French Academy of Sciences . « "This award is a dual recognition: one from my …

Published on: Sun 13/10/2024 - 10:00

James Webb Space Telescope: when astrophysicists see (infra)red

… instruments, is heading for space with the promise of delivering the most exciting infrared images of the … Telescope (JWST) is the latest in a 25-year collaboration between the US (NASA), European (ESA) and Canadian (CSA) … Space Telescope, which was launched in 2003 and has completed its mission, and with which the JWST also shares the …

Published on: Thu 16/12/2021 - 11:36

APIMONA: the feed supplement for bees

… The APIMONA project, based at the Institut Lavoisier de Versailles (ILV - Univ. Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, CNRS), … reductase, catalyse multiple reactions in a wide range of metabolic pathways. Also present in soil, molybdenum … Aurelian Guela and Ion Toderas, members of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, shortly before 2015. They were looking …

Published on: Thu 09/03/2023 - 14:15

Live from asteroid Ryugu: analysis of extraterrestrial samples using atomic force microscopy and infrared spectroscopy

… Ryugu Through their organic compounds, asteroids and comets provide scientists with crucial information on the origin of the … these small, solid celestial bodies. Chosen as the target of the Hayabusa 2 space mission, launched on 13 December …

Published on: Wed 07/02/2024 - 14:27

David Elbaz: The Big Bang, and after that?

… at the CEA in Saclay (CEA/CNRS/Université Paris-Diderot). A passionate astrophysicist, he willingly takes us … history of the universe is the history of light. Interferometry, which combines the wavelengths of light, makes it … and was selected for the 2017 Taste of science (Le goût des sciences) Prize from the Ministry of Higher Education, …

Published on: Fri 28/06/2019 - 09:00

Lucile Beck develops nuclear techniques for cultural heritage

… Lucile Beck develops nuclear techniques for cultural heritage Lucile … at Université Paris-Sud in Orsay, and prepared for the competitive examination for the ‘Certificat d'aptitude au … which is today known as the Climate and Environmental Sciences Laboratory (LSCE - Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, …

Published on: Wed 10/11/2021 - 13:22

Antoine Browaeys: The quest for quantum computing using cold atoms

… using cold atoms. The start-up Pasqal , which he co-founded in 2019, is now steering this research towards industrial applications. The French Academy of Sciences has recently awarded the researcher the Alfred … and optics overlap, as well as in the field where theoretical physics and experimental physics have common ground. …

Published on: Fri 25/02/2022 - 09:56

ERC Starting Grants 2023: four winners from Université Paris-Saclay

… laureates of the ERC Starting Grants 2023 , which are awarded to talented, early-career researchers. A total of four … introgression of selective traits into the genomes of varieties of interest. Mathieu Casado (CNRS), a researcher at the Laboratory for Sciences of Climate and Environment (LSCE – Univ. …

Published on: Tue 05/09/2023 - 12:28

Festival Eidôlon

… venues. During a whole week, these artists amaze students in various institutions of Université Paris-Saclay … Illusionnistes (Apollo Théâtre, Paris), Casino (La Comédie de Paris), Pascal Chunlaud (Festival d'Avignon) are only a …

Published on: Wed 29/07/2020 - 12:41

The Nuclear Physics Institute (IPN) listed as an EPS historic site

… Institute (IPN) has received the honour of being included in the European Physical Society (EPS) ’s list of historical sites. Research A ceremony … of welcoming Hélène Joliot-Langevin, the daughter of Irène et Fréderic Joliot-Curie, Joel Pouthas, Physics historian …

Published on: Fri 20/10/2023 - 11:10