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Beef has not had the last word

… chicken, pork and vegetable substitutes. To implement this idea, there is an initiative that is growing in popularity with public decision takers: increasing taxes on the foods that are the … Yet this land has been reducing in size for many decades now because of urbanisation, desertification and global …

Published on: Thu 06/01/2022 - 17:03

Sébastien Descotes-Genon: exceeding the limits of the standard model of particle physics

… Sébastien Descotes-Genon: exceeding the limits of the standard model of particle physics Sébastien Descotes-Genon: exceeding the limits of the standard model …

Published on: Fri 15/07/2022 - 13:47

Catherine Berrier: from the construction to the transmission of knowledge

… and is responsible for the 1st-year of the Master’s degree Teaching, Education and Training Professions (MEEF), … for this study path for the entire Versailles Academy. After almost 30 years of teaching in preparation for … department of the Faculty of Sciences of Orsay, which includes six courses (MEEF and preparation for the internal …

Published on: Wed 25/01/2023 - 10:40

FUNGADAPT, ArTIFICE: studying cheese for a better understanding of evolutionary mechanisms

… FUNGADAPT, ArTIFICE: studying cheese for a better understanding of evolutionary mechanisms FUNGADAPT, ArTIFICE: studying cheese for a better understanding of evolutionary mechanisms Research Is evolution … and P. salamii, the fungi found in salami. Indeed, despite significant phenotypic differences observed between …

Published on: Mon 11/09/2023 - 08:02

CoCaBio: synthesis of bio-based polymers via organocatalysis

… project (ring-opening co-polymerization of succinic anhydride derivatives and bio-based epoxides via organocatalysis) aims to synthesize polyesters from …

Published on: Fri 22/09/2023 - 08:56

Gilles Dowek: at the crossroads of computer science, logic and philosophy

… Paris-Saclay/CentraleSupélec/Inria) and an academic at ENS Paris-Saclay. He is passionate about logic and … and the 2024 History of Science and Epistemology Medal, awarded by the French Academy of Sciences. Researcher portraits … guided all my studies." His work focused on the design of algorithms for checking the correctness of …

Published on: Fri 06/12/2024 - 10:00

David Planchard: revolutionising targeted therapies for lung cancer

… Roussy). As both a researcher and a doctor, he dedicates his expertise to characterising the genetic anomalies in lung cancers in order to improve targeted therapies, achieving great success. … mutation, the V600E mutation of the BRAF gene, which codes for the BRAF protein kinase. This mutation is present in …

Published on: Sat 05/10/2024 - 08:00

Our inspiring stories No. 2: Alumni astrobiologists and explorers of (extra)terrestrial worlds

… their careers and research, in front of an audience of students and curious attendees who were quickly fascinated with their compelling … chemical methods for the ExoMars mission, which is designed to study the Martian atmosphere and search for …

Published on: Fri 14/03/2025 - 10:48

Gigantic magnetic fields at the origin of hypernovae

… that the MagBURST project led by Jérôme Guilet of the Department of Astrophysics / Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Modelling at Paris-Saclay is trying to decipher. Supernovae … significantly reduces the computational complexity and provides a better resolution or spatial scale. Using this method, …

Published on: Thu 08/07/2021 - 10:02

Loïc Bertrand: Revealing previously unseen heritage knowledge through micro-imaging

… of certain heritage objects. Loïc Bertrand studied condensed-matter chemistry at the ‘École polytechnique’ between 1994 and 1997. He also attended optional courses in art history and developed a keen … and these meetings inspired me greatly. They confirmed my desire to study ancient materials.” In 1999 up until 2002, …

Published on: Fri 22/10/2021 - 09:25

If sexual harassment were told to us

… American social worker and activist Tarana Burke in order to expose sexual and gender-based violence against minority women, gathered pace in … the term is recent in usage, is it possible to use it to describe facts and events which took place in earlier …

Published on: Thu 09/06/2022 - 14:52

Generative AI: The algorithms revolutionising content creation

… work? And what are its benefits and limitations? We take a deeper look at a technology that has become ubiquitous.  Research " Over the last few decades, artificial intelligence (AI) has made a spectacular …

Published on: Thu 06/02/2025 - 15:03