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π Health and biotech π Society

What are ageing and death from a biological point of view?

avec Alexis Gautreau, Head of Biology at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris), Clémence Guillermain, Post-doctoral Fellow specializing in Ageing at Nantes University
On March 12th, 2024
6 min reading time
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π Health and biotech π Society

Why are sportswomen excluded from scientific studies?

avec Juliana Antero, Epidemiological researcher at the Institut national du sport de l'expertise et de la performance
On March 12th, 2024
3 min reading time
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π Geopolitics π Planet

Securing water resources: a global necessity

avec Éric Servat, Director of UNESCO International Centre for Water
On March 12th, 2024
4 min reading time
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π Industry π Science and technology

Why is there growing demand for sound products?

avec Jean-Yves Le Porcher, Director of sound experience at Ircam amplify
On March 6th, 2024
4 min reading time
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π Science and technology π Industry

Modelling sound from wind turbines and drones to combat noise pollution

avec Olivier Doaré, Professor in fluid mechanics at ENSTA Paris (IP Paris), Benjamin Cotté, Associate Professor at ENSTA Paris (IP Paris)
On March 6th, 2024
4 min reading time
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π Health and biotech π Digital π Society

Algorithms, a major tool in the quest for “ageing well”

avec Etienne Minvielle, Director of the Centre de Recherche en Gestion at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris), Yves Rolland, Professor of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics at the Gerontopôle of Toulouse, Olivier Guerin, Professor at the Université Côte d'Azur and member of the President of the Republic's scientific council
On March 6th, 2024
4 min reading time
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π Planet π Society

Post-mortem ecology: the rise of “green funerals”

avec Martin Julier-Costes, sociologist, research associate at Université Grenoble Alpes
On March 6th, 2024
4 min reading time
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π Health and biotech π Society π Neuroscience

HPI, gifted, zebra: what’s the scientific reality behind these French terms?

avec Nicolas Gauvrit, Lecturer in Cognitive sciences at Université de Lille
On February 27th, 2024
5 min reading time
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π Energy π Planet

Access to water: inequalities reinforced by climate change

avec Stéphanie Dos Santos, Sociologist and demographer at IRD Population Environment Development Laboratory, Marine Colon, Lecturer at AgroParisTech and Researcher in Public Management
On February 27th, 2024
4 min reading time
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π Geopolitics π Planet π Economics

Climate adaptation: why private investment is needed

avec Manuela Dupré, Master's student in "Economics for Smart Cities and Climate Policy" at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris), Patricia Crifo, Professor of Economics at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris)
On February 27th, 2024
7 min reading time