Diversifying the PhD student pool, and attracting talented students, is interesting. Giving outreach talks can feel like marketing, but including some research content and mentoring makes it better…

A process that uses a lottery system saves time and accepts that, above a quality threshold, luck has always played a part in science funding.

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The dual crises of climate change and biodiversity loss continue despite overwhelming scientific evidence of their impacts on human well-being and planetary health. Those of us working in the fields ...

Plastic pollution is a familiar sight in our oceans and rivers, but the story of what happens to these materials is more complex than simply breaking into…

DUNE SOUS LE REGARD DE LA SCIENCE Rencontre exceptionnelle avec Roland Lehoucq et Fabrice Chemla Que se passe-t-il lorsqu’une figure majeure de la vulgarisation scientifique française rencontre un chi...

We spent 5 years developing a process to control the microstructure in composites and demonstrating how microstructural control can tailor and increase properties. We put a lot of efforts in the pr…

Nothing is more patronizing and invalidating than being constantly reminded that you are young. Or “too young”. You want to go for promotion? It is “too early”. You want to get respected by student…

I just added a 20 minutes introduction to my lecture on advanced manufacturing of plastics: a short historical perspective. The motivations for doing so were: To make the topic more interesting, es…

The scientific conference was invented to solve a transport problem we no longer have. What is it for now?

Formation d'excellence en 3 ans dans le domaine de la science des données orientée vers les domaines applicatifs santé/société, le CPES est un diplôme pluridisciplinaire et interdisciplinaire exigeant...

This award acknowledges reviewers who have recently made exceptional contributions to peer review for the APS journals.

FWCI stands for Field-Weighted Citation Impact. It is a “new” metric for measuring one’s research impact. The highest your FWCI, the more impact you have. Typically it is the total number of citati…

It is fun to combine scientific and technical lectures and tutorial with lab and cultural visits, especially when it is on the topic of biomimicry and bioinspiration. This year, for our biomimicry …

A central puzzle in the evolution of individuality is the origin of heredity. Egalitarian transitions integrate formerly independent replicators into a higher-level individual, but this requires the c...

Cellular lipid homeostasis requires mechanisms that detect subtle changes in lipid abundance and trigger rapid, coordinated responses. The INSIG/SCAP/SREBP2 pathway provides a central feedback system ...

Researchers are required to account for their time and money. Administrative procedures rarely include any account of the research time they consume.