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Active and passive mechanics of the mechanosensory hair-cell bundle along the tonotopic axis of the mammalian cochlea. – EARMEC
Hearing starts with the deflection of the hair bundle, an organelle that operates as a mechanical antenna at the surface of each auditory hair cell of the cohlea. Our main objective is to identify the mechanical and molecular mechanism that sets a hair bundle's characteristic frequency of optimal se
The Free Energy Theory of Emotions – Fr-E-Emo
Human decisions cannot be explained solely by rational imperatives but are strongly influenced by emotions. Here we intend to combine decision theory, psychology and neuroscience in order to study the emergence of emotions in decision-making using computational and neuroimaging methods. In all exper
Multimedia libraries indexing for the preservation and dissemination of the Mexican Culture – MEX-CULTURE
Given the importance of cultural heritage content in promoting diversity in a globalized world, making this content quickly available to a broad audience is a critical issue. Large volumes of such content must be indexed and users must be provided with means for a fast and easy access to the multime
UWB Radio for Body Area Network – RUBY
BAN (Body Area Networks) has become a well-known acronym during the last years, It encompasses scenarios where several wireless sensors and actuators are located on the human body to sense different information (e.g. physiological, environmental, contextual) and send them over the air to a remote u
Hydrothermal and Mechanical Stability of Soft Porous Crystals – SOFT-CRYSTAB
Soft Porous Crystals (SPC) are a fascinating sub-class of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) exhibiting stimuli-responsive behavior, i.e. reversible changes of large amplitude under external stimulation. An important question, from the perspective of practical industrial-scale applications, is that of
Advanced Materials for Optical Sensing – AMOS
This new technology deploys materials for remote sensors responding to specific atmosphere or temperature stimulation, activated and read at a distance. The stimulii change the optical response of the materials to irradiation with light. Specific surface area and surface morphology are thus importan
Biocatalytic activities of functionalized surfaces controlled by mechanical stimuli – BioStretch
Living systems are complex structures sensitive to stimuli coming from their microenvironment. Recently, many studies revealed the influence of mechanical stimuli on cell response. In particular, they focused on how cells induce cascades of signalisation and chemical responses through mechanosensing
Gas microbubbles decorated with gold or magnetite nanoparticles: composite objects for multi-scale investigation of magnetic, magneto-optical and optical responses. – AirDeco
Elaboration of spherical objects decorated with nanoparticles (NPs) is an important challenge for the development of new devices with potential in photonics, electronics, and for high performance information storage. A number of hard and soft microspheres have been used as templates to self-assemble
Plasma Microjets at Atmospheric Pressure – PAMPA
The PAMPA project focuses on the study of non-thermal, atmospheric-pressure plasma "microjets" and possible application in two areas with high societal impact: biomedical and wall cleaning of the ITER castellation. Activities in France in the area of plasma microjets are relatively modest in size an
ELEctric Control of nanoscale MAgnetic DEvices – ELECMADE
The International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) has forecasted that the semiconductor industry will hit a ‘red brick wall’ by 2016, after which no known technologies exist to enable continued advances in device performance and storage capacities. It is clear that breakthroughs are ne
