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Portrait of Ortensia Forni, PhD student in Color Perception
Portrait of Ortensia Forni, PhD student in Color Perception
Ortensia Forni is a doctoral student at LadHyX* with Michael Benzaquen**, head of the EconophysiX Lab***, and Alexandre Darmon, CEO of Art in Research****. An applied mathematician by training, she is interested in human perception of colors and
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Gas giant Saturn influenced by a tiny moon
Gas giant Saturn influenced by a tiny moon
Enceladus is one of the moons of the planet Saturn. A study led by researchers at the Plasma Physics Laboratory (LPP*) reveals that the magnetic interaction between the two bodies extends over much greater distances than previously known—more than
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A new microfluidic separation technique
A new microfluidic separation technique
Scientists at the Hydrodynamics Laboratory (LadHyX*) and the Laboratoire de physique et mécanique des milieux hétérogènes (PMMH*) have discovered a new phenomenon that allows fibers to be sorted according to their size in microscopic fluid flows.
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