Microalgae for CO2 capture
To achieve carbon neutrality, it is necessary not only to reduce our CO2 emissions, but also to capture atmospheric CO2, namely to realize “negative emissions”. Researchers have conducted a “thought …
Evidence of a universal magnetic order, precursor of the superconducting phase in BaFe2X3 (X=S, Se) spin ladders
The understanding of the mechanism underlying the so-called unconventional high temperature superconductivity is one of the most difficult scientific challenges. Today, the most consensual approach suggests that the pairing of …
Emilie Du Châtelet award presentation to Marcelo Rozenberg
On June 9, the French Physical Society awarded the 2018 Emilie Du Châtelet Prize to Marcelo Rozenberg, CNRS research director at the Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, in the presence …
Frank Smallenburg, recipient of the CNRS Bronze Medal 2022
The Bronze Medal rewards the first works of researchers who are specialists in their field. This distinction represents an encouragement from the CNRS to pursue research that is already well …
Spin in all its orientations
To develop applications of new materials, it is important to know the energy of electrons as a function not only of their momentum but also for all possible orientations of …
Philippe Mendels, recipient of the Grand Prix Scientifique 2022 of the Charles Defforey Foundation of the Institut de France
Philippe Mendels is the Grand Prix Scientifique Laureate for 2022 of the Charles Defforey Foundation – Institut de France for his leadership of the SQM team that led to the …
Magnetic interfaces investigated at the atomic scale
In the quest for new materials, one can either explore the collections of a natural sciences museum in order to see what Nature offers, or synthetize them from our ideas …
The art of packing elongated pentagonal bipyramids
Researchers have synthesized crystals of elongated gold bipyramids and have described their optimal packing in three-dimensional assemblies. This result, at the crossroads of chemistry and geometry, offers prospects for the …
A participative science program discovers an atypical cloud of 3000 km on Mars
Currently only amateur astronomers observe Mars in a global and continuous way when the planet is closer to the Earth (“opposition”). A part of these enthusiasts has been aggregated to …
33rd European crystallography meeting (EMC33) in Versailles
The 33rd European Crystallographic Meeting will be held at the recently refurbished Music Conservatory and Congress Centre in Versailles, close to Paris, between 23rd and 27th of August 2022. Both …