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Predict to prevent frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) – PREV-DEMALS
The project focuses on C9orf72, the most frequent genetic form of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). FTLD is the second commonest cause of degenerative d
Assessing long term effects of invasive tree species on the protective function of forests against rockfall in Switzerland and France: the case of Ailanthus altissima (tree of heaven) – ALIEN
Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle, commonly known as tree of heaven, is a deciduous tree native to China. In the last decades it has become invasive in forests in the southern parts of the Alps. Many of these forests have a protection function against rockfall. The expansion of Ailanthus altissima in protection forests poses questions on the future development and stability of the affected forest stands and their protective capacity.
SuperSUN – a new high-density source for ultracold neutrons – SuperSUN
Ultra-cold neutrons (UCN) play an important role to address key questions of particle physics at the low-energy, high-precision frontier, complementary to experiments done at high-energy particle acce
Explorations across the neutron dripline – EXPAND
One of the central themes in modern day nuclear physics is the exploration of the structure of nuclei far from stability – the so-called “exotic” nuclei. Of particular interest is the light (A<40) neutron dripline region, which not only provides an ideal testing ground for many theoretical models of nuclear structure but also exhibits a number of unique phenomena, such as neutron haloes and exotic clustering.
Camera demonstrators for Very High Energy astronomy – NectarCAM
Construction of a mini-Camera aimed at testing the performances of a camera for the Medium Sized Telescopes of the future high energy gamma ray observatory CTA.
Energetic processes driving potential peptide protometabolisms at the origin of living systems – PeptiSystems
Energetic processes driving potential peptide protometabolisms at the origins of living systems
Micro-Astro-Shocks – MACH
Microphysics of collisionless shocks in astrophysics from non-relativistic to relativistic flows
GIant Planetary Systems Exploration – GIPSE
Giant planets (GP) are major players in the building-up of planetary systems; a good knowledge of the giant planet population is then necessary to get a full understanding of planetary system formatio
Experimental Constraints on the Origin of Volatile Elements on Earth – VOLTERRE
Volatile elements (e.g. H, C, S) have a fundamental role in planetary evolution. The goal of the proposed research is to better constrain how and when Earth acquired its volatile elements. An original and complementary multi-techniques approach combining experiments at high pressure and high temperature, stable isotopes geochemistry, quantitative analyses at high resolution and synchrotron techniques will be developed to tackle the issue of volatile accretion history of the Earth.
Hydrodynamics and radiation in galaxies of the early universe – ORAGE
The Epoch of Reionization (EoR) is finally coming under the scrutiny of our instruments. The EoR is a period in the history of the universe spanning the first billion years (from z=20-30 to z=6). It b