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Fundamental Research Division
The DRF at the CEA assemble approximately 6,000 scientists since January 2016.
Theranexus receives US patent protection for its drug candidate, THN102. In the line of sight: treating the symptoms of narcolepsy and Parkinson’s disease.
A team from the IRFM performed digital 3D simulations of the turbulence of fusion plasma in a geometry identical to that of Iter, particularly in terms of the floor of the tokamak (divertor). These studies make it possible to consider ways to control the thermal flows that are received by the most exposed components.
Fifteen musical instruments from ancient Egypt were dated by measuring their carbon-14 levels in the Carbon-14 Measurement Laboratory associated with the LSCE (Saclay). They will be exhibited at the Louvre-Lens museums until January 15, 2018, among four hundred objects that bring back to life more than three thousand years of music from the great ancient civilizations (Egypt, the Orient, Rome, Greece).
An international collaboration has published a synopsis of two climatic episodes during which the Earth was covered in ice and snow. This report takes stock of more than 35 years of scientific questioning regarding the functioning of a “snowball” Earth.
Researchers from the Biam have discovered one of the "lubricants" of the complex gears involved in photosynthesis.
A dipole magnet, built by a European collaboration involving IRFU from high-temperature superconductors, has produced a 4.5 tesla magnetic field, which is one tesla higher than previous prototypes. Once inserted in a Niobium-Tin dipole magnet, the whole system will produce an 18 T field.
The new-generation liquid argon detector used in the WA105 experiment at CERN has collected its first signals. This prototype is used in preparation of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) for neutrino observations on a mass scale, which is due to start in 2026 in the USA. This research involving IRFU aims, in particular, to shed light on the origin of matter and antimatter.
In collaboration with scientists from the Frédéric-Joliot Institute, a team from IRAMIS has developed a microfluidic device coupled with a mass spectrometry technique. The scientists were able to multiply the analysis sensitivity by thirty compared to the current state of the art, as shown by a spectrum obtained using this process on a deposit of a model peptide of a few femtomoles (10-15).
Designed to equip the FRESCA2 testing station at CERN (Facility for the Reception of Superconducting Cables), the niobium-tin dipole magnet of the same name has reached a record 13.3 T magnetic field for a 100 mm aperture. It was designed and developed as part of a collaboration between IRFU and CERN. The objective is a magnetic-field homogeneity 1% over a length of 540 mm.
Researchers from the Institut de biologie François-Jacob and their partners have shown that multiple prion variants can coexist and manifest themselves under different clinical forms depending on the transmission conditions.
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CEA is a French government-funded technological research organisation in four main areas: low-carbon energies, defense and security, information technologies and health technologies. A prominent player in the European Research Area, it is involved in setting up collaborative projects with many partners around the world.