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Fundamental Research Division
The DRF at the CEA assemble approximately 6,000 scientists since January 2016.
According to estimates based on experimental observations and computer simulations, wheat yields in China are expected to be altered by upcoming global warming.
CEA-Joliot Institute is part of ZIKAlliance, a project of the European Union focused on studying infection by the Zika virus and preparing for possible epidemics.
A collaboration involving IRFU has obtained the first image of the gas velocity inside a galaxy cluster, thanks to a new millimeter camera embedded in a radio telescope from the Institute for Radio Astronomy in the Millimeter range (IRAM) in Spain. These observations open new perspectives on the collisions between and within galaxy clusters.
Nobody could have guessed that magneto-tactic bacteria could be used as MRI contrast agents, yet scientists from CEA-Institute Joliot and CEA-BIAM did it.
Researchers from IRFU say that our universe is homogeneous, according to a 3D mapping of the universe based on the quasar sample from SDSS III (the Sloan Digital Sky Survey).
An international collaboration led by institutes INAC and LITEN shows that lithium ions interact with the electrolyte in very different ways depending on the anion content. This is an essential finding for improving the performance of lithium-ion batteries.
Astrophysicists from IRFU have studied the evolution over time of the “wind” in stars similar to the Sun. They were able to perform 3D computer simulations of these stellar winds based, in particular, on spectropolarimetric measurements of the surface magnetic field of the stars.
A new strategy developed at IBS, in collaboration with Institut Pasteur, can block the entry of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) into the cells with a microbicidal gel, stabilizing the viral load or even destroying the infected cells. The microbicidal gel was successfully tested on an animal model at CEA-Institute Jacob .
A stratigraphic measurement of beryllium-10 in Montalbano Jonico, Italy, has made it possible for the first time to precisely date the boundary between two geologic sub-epochs of the Pleistocene, which is of paramount importance for Earth sciences. This site in Italy should soon be recognized as hosting a Global Stratotype Section and Point, otherwise known as a “Golden Spike”.
The MAGENTA project, one of twelve projects selected by the European Commission from the category “Proactive Future and Emerging Technologies 2016,” will be coordinated by a team from IRAMIS. The project’s aim is to develop thermoelectric materials intended to recover waste heat, notably in the automotive and microelectronic sectors. The project’s official kickoff took place in Paris on January 23 and 24, 2017.
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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.