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IRIS2: everything you need to know about this new European constellation

Jean-Pierre Diris , Interministerial Coordinator for France on IRIS² and GOVSATCOM
On March 11th, 2025
5 min reading time
π Planet

Climate change increases the risk of landslides

Gilles Grandjean, Co-Director of France 2030 Scientific Program Risques (IRiMa)
On March 11th, 2025
4 min reading time
π Neuroscience π Health and biotech

What effect do screens have on our sleep?

Russel Foster , Director of the Sleep and Circadian Research Institute at the University of Oxford
On March 11th, 2025
5 min reading time
Two politicians negotiating at a conference table with flags in the background, diplomatic negotiation, international diplomacy
π Geopolitics π Society

How effective is nuclear deterrence today?

Paul Zajac, Director of Strategic Affairs at CEA
On March 5th, 2025
4 min reading time
Brain symbolizing circadian rhythms over a background split between dark starry night and bright cloudy day
π Neuroscience π Health and biotech

What do we really know about our dreams?

Delphine Oudiette, Inserm Research Director and Co-Director of DreamTeam at Institut du Cerveau in Paris, Claudia Picard-Deland, Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Psychiatry and Addictology at Université de Montréal
On March 5th, 2025
5 min reading time
Mars planet with glowing sun on space
π Space

BepiColombo: revelations from the Mercury mission

Lina Hadid, Astrophysicist and Researcher at Plasma Physics Laboratory at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris)
On March 5th, 2025
4 min reading time
Heartbeat line transforming into a digital AI code, AI role in real-time patient monitoring and heart health management. Advanced AI technology for cardiac care
π Health and biotech π Digital

From cure to prediction: the algorithmic transformation of healthcare

Etienne Minvielle, Director of the Centre de Recherche en Gestion at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris)
On February 26th, 2025
3 min reading time
π Economics π Energy π Industry π Planet

India's transition to electric vehicles

Peter Wells, Professor of Business and Sustainability at Cardiff University
On February 26th, 2025
4 min reading time
Understanding obsessive compulsive disorder through the connection between time and mental processes represented by a brain and clock
π Neuroscience π Health and biotech π Science and technology

Brain: how do we experience time?

Virginie van Wassenhove, Research Director at CEA
On February 26th, 2025
5 min reading time
Person typing on keyboard at computer in dark room.
π Geopolitics π Science and technology π Digital

Cryptography: how to protect critical systems in the quantum era

Christophe Gaie, Head of the Engineering and Digital Innovation Division at the Prime Minister's Office, Jean Langlois-Berthelot, Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and Head of Division in the French Army
On February 19th, 2025
4 min reading time