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Fundamental Research Division
The DRF at the CEA assemble approximately 6,000 scientists since January 2016.
Researchers from the Institut Frédéric-Joliot have shown that during the first months of life, babies orientate themselves towards faces and quickly learn to recognize them, but only using their right hemispheres.
Researchers from Iramis studied the irradiation resistance of several different cements, so as to incorporate nuclear waste from the CEA center of Marcoule into them. The result: these cements are resistant to the doses planned for this storage.
Researchers from the Institut Frédéric-Joliot have discovered how the brain integrates and filters information, by combining temporal high-resolution brain imaging techniques and machine learning algorithms.
Physicists from the Compass collaboration (Common Muon and Proton Apparatus for Structure and Spectroscopy) at Cern, which includes a team from the Irfu, have provided experimental confirmation of a paradoxical prediction in the strong interaction theory, which notably binds quarks and gluons inside the proton.
A team from the Institut François-Jacob participated in establishing the complete genome of a tomato using the MinION, demonstrating the new potential of nanopore technology.
A team from the Inac has proposed a new method to measure a semiconductor quantum dot by radiofrequency reflectometry. This method, which utilizes MOS technology on silicon, can easily be extrapolated on a larger scale to produce dense quantum bit architectures.
In collaboration with the François-Jacob Institute and scientists from Germany, scientists from the Frédéric-Joliot Institute have identified a biomarker of senescence in human tissues. Their finding provides new clues on how to mitigate the effects of aging.
A team from IRAMIS has implemented a new optical microscopy technique to observe two-dimensional nanomaterials with unprecedented sensitivity and monitor their chemical functionalization in real time. Their work creates a particularly promising route for biodetection.
A collaboration led by INAC has produced GaN/InAlN quantum well nanotubes with good light emission properties in the UV range. They will be included in a polymer to obtain flexible LEDs.
An international team, including a researcher from IRFU, has discovered an elliptical galaxy with an unexpected jellyfish shape, within a galaxy cluster about one billion light-years away. The completely atypical presence of long “tails” of gas and areas of star formation could be explained by a recent merger with a companion gas-rich galaxy.
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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.