L’épuisement annoncé des matières premières, au premier rang desquelles le sable, composant indispensable du béton, invite à repenser les modes de construction dominants des logements franciliens contemporains. Au regard des études entreprises pour trouver des matériaux innovants plus économes et des technologies importées plus vertueuses, l’exposition-recherche « Pierre » interpelle la matière
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Researchers at Télécom ParisTech, in collaboration with the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB), have developed new optical sources. Low energy consumption and very stable in temperature, these lasers offer promising performances for photonics on silicon, a material that has become an essential component of
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If one were to compile a list of the most innovative materials, a quick internet search would suggest answers such as graphene, nanofibres or translucent concrete. Corrugated cardboard would not appear spontaneously. Indeed, it would be difficult to imagine a corrugated paper assembly glued between two sheets, intended in particular for packaging,
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Un des dangers majeurs qui guettent les objets spatiaux que nous envoyons au-delà de notre atmosphère est celui de la collision avec les millions de déchets qui vaguent dans l’espace. Boulon perdu, outil oublié, ou plus naturellement micrométéorites. Ces objets sont meurtriers pour les vaisseaux spatiaux car leur collision à
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The ten-year roadmap of the European graphene research programme "Flagship as tomorrow's material? In an open access paper published on 24 February in the Royal Society of Chemistry Journal Nanoscale, more than 60 academics and industrialists unveiled the 10-year roadmap of the European graphene research programme "Flagship material of tomorrow?
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