What is the temperature of a soap film?
Evaporation is known to cause cooling, much like perspiration. Physicists have measured the temperature of soap films to show that they can be up to 8°C cooler than the temperature …
Two pictures from the MMOI team preselected to the photo contest La Preuve par l’Image 2022
The new edition of the photo contest La preuve par l’image, organized by the CNRS with Acfas, its Quebec partner, has delivered its winners. Among the 20 preselected photos, two …
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 …
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 …
PhD defense of Marina Pasquet
Marina Pasquet will defend her PhD thesis on Thursday, January 27 at 2:00 pm in Blandin amphitheater of Laboratoire de Physique des Solides. It will be held in French. Her …
Soft Matter and physics-biology interface
These research fields lie at the border between physical chemistry and biology where the large number of interactions give rise to cooperative phenomena and complex macroscopic behaviour (liquid crystals, surfactants, …
