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… It was therefore not surprising that once he had completed his scientific baccalaureate, he decided to focus on … Diploma) at the École Nationale Supérieure d’Agronomie et des Industries Alimentaires (National School of Agronomy … at INRA in Dijon, where I worked on the hybridisation of genetically modified oilseed rape with related wild species in …
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… the numerical simulation of fluid and grain flows. On his return to France, he was recruited as an associate professor … Jacques-Louis Lions Laboratory (LJLL) at Université Pierre et Marie Curie – one of the most prestigious places in the … fluid mechanics to his students strangely made him want to return to more theoretical mathematics. “I wouldn’t have been …
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… his favourite way of passing on his knowledge. After completing a Master’s in Business Law at Université Paris-Sud … be relied upon in the context of contractual relations, whether civil or commercial.” According to the principle of an … estoppel, a contractor may not contradict himself to the detriment of another. In 2001, Dimitri Houtcieff became an …
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… seen thanks to very high-tech instruments called interferometers. What interest do these waves have for scientists and … generating gravitational waves. However, space-time is something very rigid and only small disturbances result from … order of 10 -18 m, or one billionth of a billionth of a metre). In the 1970s, the American physicist, Rainer Weiss …
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… most sensitive power sensor, pushing the limits of magnetic resonance. Quantum information has been exciting the … superposition of these basic states: "It's a hybrid object between analogue and digital that very effectively describes … sensor, sensitive to the fluctuations of the electromagnetic field above the quantum vacuum, reached at temperatures …
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… level. To achieve this, she is developing analytical methods based on fluorescence spectro-imaging. For the past … whose aim is to promote the development of innovative detection methods for the exploration of living processes. With a … level. To achieve this, she is developing analytical methods based on fluorescence spectro-imaging. For the past …
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… High School in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés. With her sights set on ISIPCA, a prestigious school specialising in … accepted into a professional Master's programme and completed a work-study programme with the Bel group, working on … Master's degree in molecular chemistry at Université Pierre et Marie Curie (now Sorbonne University) in 2011. During …
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… bees, scientists identified the first clue: a correlation between the role of bees in a hive and their age. The … guarding the hive and fighting predators such as hornets, then foraging at the end of the bee's life. However, in … the neuronal pathways used by bees to process information between different castes. "Among eusocial species, the …
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… Rennes, where Frédéric Chevallier grew up reading Sciences et Vie magazine, particularly the articles on aerospace, … inspired by a 2nd year Master's internship at the Dynamic Meteorology Laboratory (LMD – CNRS/École Polytechnique/ENS - … on the acceleration of a radiative transfer model used in meteorology and climatology. The PhD candidate replaced a …
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… , Marie-Luce Taupin specialises in advanced statistical methods applied to the life sciences and healthcare. She is … responsibilities. Researcher portraits Research After completing a scientific baccalaureate, Marie-Luce Taupin embarked … and a master's degree in mathematics. In 1994, she completed a DEA (Master of Advanced Studies, equivalent to a 2nd …
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… impact from the earliest design stages, with a level of detail that evolves alongside the development process to … based on available data. Innovation It was a meeting between two alumni of the École normale supérieure (ENS) … impact from the earliest design stages, with a level of detail that evolves alongside the development process to …
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… advances in space observation, from Halley's Comet to the first images from the James Webb telescope. An academic with a passion for physics and … baccalaureate, a 2-year preparatory course for a competitive exam and then engineering school in Grenoble: at …
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