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Determining the impact of house fungus and mould in residential buildings.
7 05 2010
Cases of damage to residential property by dry rot and mould are on the increase. How does this phenomenon develop and what risks does it involve, particularly for our health? A team of lecturer-researchers from the GRECAN, with support from outside partners, is launching a funded study within the framework of the national PRIMEQUAL 2 programme on air quality in buildings.
When the eye commands the screen
17 03 2010
Starnav, in partnership with the CHU and the University of Caen, is developing a man-machine interface based on eye movements which is both easy to use and totally harmless. The project, which has been baptised “Eye Pilot” has been granted support from the French National Research Agency.
GANIL’s industrial beam line is gaining power
17 03 2010
Although committed to fundamental research, GANIL also has a beam line devoted to industrial applications. The line, baptised G41, has recently been improved, thanks to co-funding from the CNES (National Centre for Space Studies) and support from OSEO.
Reviving ancient sources
11 12 2009
Within the laboratories of the CRAHAM (Archaeology, Ancient and Medieval History Research Centre, CNRS, UCBN laboratory), researchers examine, dissect, slice, analyse using spectrometry, diagnose, digitise… Decidedly, studying ancient and medieval sources is not only a job for historians.
A university lab working on therapeutic strategies
11 12 2009
Caen University Hospital’s LMEP (Extracellular Matrix and Pathology Laboratory) focuses in particular on the molecular and cellular mechanisms responsible for pathologies such as osteoarthritis, fibrosis, scleroderma… The laboratory’s current research aims at producing new conjunctive tissue from stem cells. A promising, yet time-consuming challenge.
His last experiment
10 12 2009
Daniel Guerreau, Director of ENSICAEN (Caen National Graduate School of Engineering and Research Centre), former Director of GANIL and a nuclear physics researcher, is ready to retire. At the age of 64, he has accumulated fascinating experiences and discoveries. A summary of his many lives as a scientist.
Human and Social Sciences poring over innovation
7 10 2009
IDEIS, a project initiated by a team of Caen University researchers in the field of Human and Social Sciences, is taking stock of innovative processes in Lower Normandy’s SMEs and SMIs. The project’s results are supplying data to the DRI - Diagnostic Régional d’Innovation (Regional Innovation Diagnosis), currently underway. Explanations.
GANIL gains renown in Japan
7 10 2009
GANIL’s teams’ skills are being exported overseas. One of them has recently produced two detectors for the new spectrometer developed by its Japanese counterpart at the Riken research institute. From design to on-site installation, the entire operation was the work of a trio overseen by Jean-François Libin, a CNRS engineer based at GANIL.
Pascal Buléon takes on the MRSH
7 10 2009Pascal Buléon, CNRS research director (geographer), was elected director of the MRSH at the centre’s management board meeting on the 9th of July 2009.
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