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25.01.21
2021, A New Space Odyssey
Space missions will accelerate in 2021, pushing back the limits of this new frontier and our knowledge of the cosmos, but potentially opening up a new...
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25.01.21
2021, A New Space Odyssey – Chronology
You will find elow a chronology of space missions in 2021. In space exploration, even more than in other journeys, shedules are subject to change....
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21.01.21
The first laser pixels
Based on an idea given by Gérard Mourou, Professor Emeritus of the Ecole Polytechnique and recipient of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics, the XCAN...
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21.01.21
What looks alike comes together: the origin of actine's branching networks
The role of the actin filaments as the skeleton of the cell is very well identified, but its implementation has so far been unclear. It is the veil of...
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05.01.21
New experiments at CERN
© 2020 CERN, Noemi Caraban Gonzalez Heavy ion physics is a fundamental area of physics explored by two teams at the Leprince Ringuet Laboratory (LLR*)...
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05.01.21
Towards an understanding of the reaction of plants to the wind
Electrical response of the "switch" MSL10 of the Arabidopsis thaliana model plant solicited by a continuous stimulation or by a stimulation mimicking...
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16.12.20
Tribute to François Mathey
François Mathey, born in 1941, was a committed chemist from an early age. He took a place at the École Polytechnique (X 1961) and, upon finishing his...
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15.12.20
Two research awards for Mercedes Pelegrín García
Operational Research (OR) is the science of decision making, mathematical optimisation and modelling. It focuses on the optimal resolution of decision...
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14.12.20
The contributions of co-creation to universal design
Since the adoption of the European Accessibility Act in 2018, industrial players have been encouraged to apply the principles of universal design and...
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09.12.20
An ERC grant to understand the first moments of the Universe
Quantum chromodynamics (QCD) is a physical theory that describes the strong interaction, one of the three fundamental forces of the Standard Model of...
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07.12.20
MAR1: First climate and environment report in the Mediterranean region
Credit: SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE In order to assess the best available scientific knowledge on climate and...
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19.11.20
4 CNRS medals in our laboratories
Each year, the French National Centre for Scientific Research (French: Centre national de la recherche scientifique, (CNRS), the largest fundamental...