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Fundamental Research Division
The DRF at the CEA assemble approximately 6,000 scientists since January 2016.
Improving the quality of life for people with psychiatric problems thanks to more targeted treatment protocols, or even preventing the appearance of such pathologies, would be a major breakthrough for public health care. This is one of the objectives of researchers at NeuroSpin, the CEA centre for innovation in neuroimaging in Saclay, near Paris.
According to a collaboration coordinated by the LSCE (CEA-CNRS-UVSQ), it is necessary to take into account the biophysical effects of bioenergy crops (including CO2 capture and sequestration) in order to properly assess their effectiveness in the fight against climate change.
Researchers at the CEA-Irig have partly lifted the veil on the extraordinary resistance of a small animal, the tardigrade. At play is a disordered protein capable of transforming itself into a protective gel for other biomolecules during drought or extreme cold.
According to researchers from the CEA-Iramis, it is now possible to detect spins thanks to an original method using a single photon sensor that is insensitive to noise. This is a major step forward for the measurement of spin quantum bits or their conversion into photons.
Using an electronic analog of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer, researchers from the CEA-Iramis and their partners observed for the first time the electric dipole associated with spin waves (magnons) in a ferromagnet in the quantum Hall regime. These spin waves could be used in particular to transfer information from one quantum bit to another.
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INNOVATION FOR INDUSTRY | INSTITUTIONAL
On April 5, the European Patent Office (EPO) published its annual report, the Patent Index 2021, an innovation barometer listing worldwide patent applications on the European market. The CEA is the only French research organization in the top 50, ranking 35th with 528 patent applications filed with the EPO in 2021. In the field of semiconductors, the CEA is the only European player in the top 5.
INNOVATION FOR INDUSTRY
The CEA recently published its intellectual property charter developed for its industry partners. Objectives: present the key points of its strategy implemented to protect and exploit R&D results to enhance the competitiveness, technological sovereignty and technology transfers of its partners.
HEALTH ＆ LIFE SCIENCES | BRAIN | DIAGNOSIS AND INNOVATIVE TREATMENT | DISEASES
INSTITUTIONAL | FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH | ENERGIES | NEW TECHNOLOGIES
Involvement in funding programmes, contribution to public policies through its scientific expertise, and development of major partnerships: the CEA has strengthened its European strategy over the past few years, making cooperation its watchword. Bertrand Bouchet, the CEA director of European Affairs, discusses the CEA’s position on Europe and the French presidency of the EU Council.
France is holding the presidency of the EU Council since 1 January to 30 June 2022. The CEA is ready and waiting to contribute to the success of this presidency, in line with the watchwords chosen to reflect this period: recovery, strength and a sense of belonging.
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.