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Frédéric Pierre: Investigating thermal properties at the quantum scale
A researcher at the Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (a.k.a. C2N) at the Saclay research and university cluster near Paris...
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François Michel, a specialist in molecular genetics... and butterflies!
A research director emeritus at France's national center for scientific research (CNRS), François Michel has been awarded the "State Founded...
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Jean-François Le Gall – a strange sort of menu for a mathematician
A member of the French Academy of Sciences, mathematician Jean-François Le Gall is a specialist in the theory of probability...
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Valérie Masson-Delmotte, a believer in socially responsible science
Valérie Masson-Delmotte is a climatologist at the Laboratory for Sciences of Climate and Environment (LSCE) and a research director at...
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Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault - A pragmatic approach to human health
Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault is a research director at the Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP - Inserm/Université Paris...
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Caroline Robert: Foiling the mechanisms of cancer drug resistance
Dr. Caroline Robert is head of dermatology at the Gustave Roussy cancer campus outside Paris as well as a professor...
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Sophie Szopa: Investigating atmospheric quality... millions of years ago!
Sophie Szopa is a researcher at the Laboratory for Sciences of Climate and Environment (LSCE – CEA / CNRS /...
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Ruxandra Gref: Creating cages for therapeutic solutions
Ruxandra Gref is a research director at the Molecular Science Institute of Orsay (ISMO - Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS) and winner...
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Alexei Chepelianskii, investigator of strange states of matter
Alexei Chepelianskii has just been honored by the Académie des Sciences as the recipient of the Grand Prix Jacques Herbrand...
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Abdelhafid Bendahmane: Research in bloom
Melons, cucumbers, tomatoes, and peas...Abdelhafid Bendahmane has studied them all. Audaciously combining genomics and post-genomics, he has successfully and strategically...
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Philippe Ciais, expert on carbon absorption and climate change
In awarding the prestigious Prix Dolomieu to Philippe Ciais, France's Académie des Sciences is highlighting the importance of understanding the...
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Giulio Biroli: Research at the border of statistical physics
On November 20, 2018, Giulio Biroli received the Prix d’Aumale from the Académie des Sciences for his research on amorphous...