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Stabilization process in marine surface robotics inspired by swimming snakes – SSSNAEQ
In order to develop a truly bio-inspired approach, the strength of SSSNAEQ lies in a multi-disciplinary study at the intersection of biology, physics and robotics. The scientific challenge here is to develop new models of fluid-structure interactions at the surface of a fluid, concise enough to
Phase-space GRANULation in fusion plasmas – GRANUL
Thermonuclear fusion is an ideal solution to the energy crisis: a clean, safe, global, abundant and sustainable source of energy. A promising approach is to heat an ionized gas (a plasma) of hydrogen isotopes at 150 million degrees, and confine it in a donut-shaped magnetic field. After decades of p
Dilute quantum droplets of potassium – Droplets
Quantum fluctuations typically play a major role in strongly correlated materials that have more and more applications. In contrast, quantum fluctuations are usually having a small effect in Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) physics because a BEC is in essence a dilute system. However, the objectives o
Enhanced Neutrino Tagging and Energy Reconstruction – ENTER
The next milestone in neutrino physics is the study of CP violation. The measurements involved will require very large neutrino samples and very low systematic uncertainties. The conventional beam based neutrino experiments can only collect larger data samples by increasing the beam power and the d
S5: Synchronous Slow Slip & Seismic Swarm – S_5
Large earthquakes are the most spectacular evidence of fast slip along faults. However, for two decades, others slower (a few millimeters per day against 1 m/s for earthquakes) slip have been identified in almost all subduction zones. Such Slow Slip Events (SSEs) are thought to share many similar
Temporally Heterodyned Theta Tomographic Microscopy – THTTM
Coupling heterodyne holography with true 3D imaging might allow to: - Focus on selected features. Selective 3D reconstruction of the studied bio-sample will be possible. - Functionalize conventional TDM by adding new modalities like 3D laser Doppler imaging. To the best of our knowledge these ima
Implication of pesticides in the decline of avian flagship species in farmland – PestiStress
A ce jour, la contribution des pesticides au déclin des espèces aviaires emblématiques du milieu rural est toujours controversée. La plupart des études se limite à une évaluation de la dose létale 50 (LD50) testée sur un nombre restreint d’espèces modèles. Elles ignorent souvent les effets différés
Cross-diffusion systems in moving domains – COMODO
The production of the thin film inside of which occur the photovoltaic phenomena accounting for the efficiency of the whole solar cell is done via a Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) process. More precisely, a substrate wafer is introduced in a hot chamber where the different chemical species composin
Targeting D-alanylation of teichoic acids to fight clinically-problematic Gram-positive pathogens – Dalatar
According to the World Health Organization, «antibiotic resistance is one of the most serious threats to global health, food security and development.« The last decades have been marked by the emergence of multidrug resistant bacteria to such an extent that antibiotics which until now were commonly
A new biphasic microgel as lipoxin delivery system for tissue engineering – BILIPOX
1. WP 1: To prepare and analyze BPMG of Si-HPMC as LXA4 delivery system in vitro 2. WP 2: To study the effect of LXA4-BPMGs on macrophage phenotype and under simulated in vitro inflammatory condition 3. WP 3: to assess the effect of LXA4-BPMGs in preclinical models of inflammation - We have develo
