Science Festival 2025 on the Petit Plateau de Saclay
On Sunday, October 5th, 2025, the Science Festival came to life on the Petit Plateau de Saclay, at the heart of the laboratories of LPS (Laboratoire de Physique des Solides), …
🏆 ERC Advanced Grant 2024: Mathieu Kociak awarded for the FreeQCC project
Mathieu Kociak, CNRS research director at the Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (CNRS / Université Paris-Saclay), has been awarded a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant 2024 from the European Research Council. …
International Women’s Rights Day: Where Do Women Stand in Science?
March 8 is a reminder of an important fact: worldwide, only 1 in 3 researchers is a woman. Despite progress, inequalities persist: less than 2 out of 5 STEM (science, …
A New Lab Work on Superconducting Qubits for students at Paris Saclay University
We are delighted to welcome Masters level students (ArTeQ) to discover superconducting quantum qubits in a brand new hands-on assignment. This lab, supported by Quantum Saclay (QuanTEdu-France program), was developed …
Shearing of a Charge Density Wave Observed Using an XFEL Source
Researchers have observed the deformation and rupture of an electronic modulation present in certain crystals when subjected to an electric current, using an intense and coherent X-ray beam generated by …
Quantum Confined Luminescence in Two Dimensions
Researchers at the Solid State Physics Laboratory (CNRS/Université Paris-Saclay) and their collaborators have developed a new light source: two-dimensional quantum dots created in monolayers of transition metal dichalcogenides. The field …