
Air quality: several approaches to modeling the invisible
Energy & environment, Environment, Health, In the NewsThe theme day on air quality modeling (organized by FIMEA and IMT Lille Douai) on June 8 provided an opportunity for researchers in this field to exchange on existing methods. Modeling makes it possible to identify the link between pollution…

Our exposure to electromagnetic waves: beware of popular belief
Energy & environment, Environment, Health, In the NewsJoe Wiart, Télécom ParisTech – Institut Mines-Télécom, Université Paris-Saclay
This article is published in partnership with "La Tête au carré", the daily radio show on France Inter dedicated to the popularization of science, presented…

IMT awards the title of Doctor Honoris Causa to Jay Humphrey, Professor at Yale University
Health, In the NewsThis prestigious honor was awarded on 29 June at Mines Saint-Etienne by Philippe Jamet, President of IMT, in the presence of many important scientific, academic and institutional figures. IMT’s aim was to honor one of the inventors and pioneers…

4D Imaging for Evaluating Facial Paralysis Treatment
Digital, Health, In the NewsMohamed Daoudi is a researcher at IMT Lille Douai, and is currently working on an advanced system of 4-dimensional imaging to measure the after-effects of peripheral facial paralysis. This tool could prove especially useful to practitioners…

Particulate matter pollution peaks: detection and prevention
Energy & environment, Environment, Health, In the NewsBy Véronique Riffault, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, IMT Lille Douai – Institut Mines-Télécom
This article was originally published in French in The Conversation France.
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Removing pollutants from our homes
Energy & environment, Environment, Health, In the News, Live labs ENIndoor air is polluted with several volatile organic compounds, some of which are carcinogenic. Frédéric Thévenet, a researcher at Mines Douai, develops solutions for trapping and eliminating these pollutants, and for improving tests for…

City4age, the elderly-friendly H2020 project
Digital, Europe EN, Health, In the NewsIn the framework of the European research program H2020, the Institut Mines-Telecom is taking part in the project « City4age ». The latter is meant to offer a smart city model adapted to the elderly. Through non-intrusive technologies, the…

Biomechanics serving healthcare
Health, Live labs EN, MaterialsStéphane Avril, a researcher at Mines Saint-Étienne, describes himself as a “biomechanics” but would like to become a “mechanobiologist”, a switch from studying the mechanical properties of the body to decoding its biological mechanisms…

Augmented Reality and Surgery: helping surgeons achieve ever-greater accuracy
Digital, Health, Live labs ENQuestions of health, well-being and personal independence are central preoccupations of all modern societies. Age-related illnesses, and our ageing populations, pose a number of social and economic challenges. Over the last two decades, information…