supercritical fluid

What is a supercritical fluid?

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Water, like any chemical substance, can exist in a gaseous, liquid or solid state… but that’s not all! When sufficiently heated and pressurized, it becomes a supercritical fluid, halfway between a liquid and a gas. Jacques Fages, a researcher…
Earth

Will the earth stop rotating after August 1st?

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By Natacha Gondran, researcher at Mines Saint-Étienne, and Aurélien Boutaud. The original version of this article (in French) was published in The Conversation. [divider style="normal" top="20" bottom="20"] [dropcap]I[/dropcap]t has…
aneurysm

A digital twin of the aorta to prevent aneurysm rupture

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15,000 Europeans die each year from rupture of an aneurysm in the aorta. Stéphane Avril and his team at Mines Saint-Étienne are working to better prevent this. To do so, they develop a digital twin of the artery of a patient with an aneurysm.…
MRI

Mathematical tools for analyzing the development of brain pathologies in children

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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) enables medical doctors to obtain precise images of a patient's structure and anatomy, and of the pathologies that may affect the patient's brain. However, to analyze and interpret these complex images, radiologists…
gender diversity, digital professions

Why women have become invisible in IT professions

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Female students have deserted computer science schools and women seem mostly absent from companies in this sector. The culprit: the common preconception that female computer engineers are naturally less competent than their male counterparts. …

AI, an issue of economy and civilization?

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This is the first issue of the new quarterly of the series Annales des Mines devoted to the digital transition. The progress made using algorithms, the new computational capacities of devices (ranging from graphic cards to the cloud), and the…
Aizimov BEYABLE startup artificial intelligence

Artificial Intelligence hiding behind your computer screen!

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Far from the dazzle of intelligent humanoid robots and highly effective chatbots, artificial intelligence is now used in many ordinary products and services. In the software and websites consumers use on a daily basis, AI is being used to improve…
fundamental physics

From springs to lasers: energy’s mysterious cycle

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In 1953, scientists theorized the energy behavior of a chain of springs and revealed a paradox in fundamental physics. Over 60 years later, a group of researchers from IMT Lille Douai, CNRS and the universities of Lille and Ferrara (Italy) has…
blockchains

Can we trust blockchains?

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Maryline Laurent, Télécom SudParis – Institut Mines-Télécom, Université Paris-Saclay [divider style="normal" top="20" bottom="20"] [dropcap]B[/dropcap]lockchains were initially presented as a very innovative technology with great…
campus mondial de la mer

Campus Mondial de la Mer: promoting Brittany’s marine science and technology research internationally

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If the ocean were a country, it would be the world's 7th-largest economic power, according to a report by the WWF, and the wealth it produces could double by 2030. The Brittany region, at the forefront of marine science and technology research,…