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Applying pressure to metal compounds with electronic and magnetic properties of technological interest provides a uniquely powerful way of tuning those properties so as to understand them better. Through record-breaking high-pressure measurements, we have been able to track the fascinating evolution of conductivity and magnetism in an interesting layered compound as the layers of atoms are pushed…

After water, concrete is the most widely used substance on Earth. It’s the foundation to major structures all over the world and has been used for centuries – since the Roman Empire. But now, our oldest concrete-based infrastructure is approaching the end of its expected lifespan. Understanding the longevity of concrete is imperative for the safety of concrete buildings. We need to know when a co…

La réflectométrie neutronique révèle que la protéine Spike du SRAS-CoV-2 provoque un arrachement des lipides de la membrane cellulaire. Une nouvelle information sur les mécanismes d'infection du SRAS-CoV-2, utile pour le développement de futurs traitements et vaccins protégeant de varia…

An experimental-computational approach develops a structurally stable model of the KaiABC complex and reveals a hitherto elusive mechanism in cyanobacterial circadian regulationAn international research team, including Kyoto University, ExCELLS, QST (Japan), the Institut Laue-Langevin, ILL (France…

Internationally, researchers are hunting for ways to transport information via magnetic waves instead of electronsScientists have now discovered a circular wave motion in skyrmions, bringing us closer to these new technologiesMnSi, initially from cosmic dust, was studied as the closest model for t…

C'est avec une grande tristesse que nous avons appris le décès d'Hannu Mutka le 25 février des suites d'une crise cardiaque.  Hannu est décédé paisiblement et sans souffrance, entouré de ses proches. La crémation aura lieu ce vendredi dans l'intimité. Une cérémonie à la montagne, pour sa famille et ses amis, sera organisée ultérieurement au printemps. Hannu était un brillant scientifique. Durant …

Research has demonstrated the likely critical membrane fusion mechanism involved when the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infects human cells.SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, is from a family of single-stranded positive sense RNA viruses named β-coronaviruses. SARS-CoV-2 and oth…

[Translate to Français:] Anne STUTZ (LPSC) & Mathieu VIALAT (ILL) près de l'expérience STEREO Que sont et où sont ces 25% du contenu de l’univers que nous appelons « matière noire » ? Existerait-il un monde parallèle caché (les physiciens parlent de « bran…

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a human opportunistic pathogen that causes severe infections in immunocompromised patients. P. aeruginosa and other pathogenic bacteria use several virulence factors to promote their infectivity, including sugar-binding proteins.Teams of researchers at CERMAV (CNRS) and t…

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