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Research: developing federative strategies
9 07 2010
United we stand! And scientists are only too aware. Consequently, researchers from both Upper and Lower Normandy have recently created four Research Federations. Acoustical physics and molecular chemistry took a head start, later to be joined by mathematics and, finally, materials.
Birth of a specialised unit alongside the CHU
7 05 2010
The CHU’s new Mother-Child-Haematology unit (FEH – Femme Enfant Hématologie) has been welcoming its first patients over the past weeks. This new department reunites the former Mother and Child unit and the department of haematology. All of the departments likely to call upon this technical and surgical platform are now reunited on the Côte de Nacre site.
Normandy reunited at the Mipim in Cannes
7 05 2010
Caen, Rouen and Le Havre hand in hand! Upper and Lower Normandy’s three major towns were reunited on the same stand at the MIPIM international property show in Cannes last March. And all waving the same banner: “Normandy Avenue”.
A new medicinal drug laboratory
18 03 2010
Caen University’s Normandy Study and Research Centre on Medicinal Drugs (CERMN) has moved to new premises in the vicinity of the Faculty of Pharmacy. Both modern and functional, they offer the laboratory’s researchers the best in hi-tech. Inaugural visit.
Very high bandwidth generates new services
18 03 2010
Caen la Mer is moving into top gear by equipping 8 of its Development Zones with a Very High Bandwidth (VHB) fibre optic network. By offering this network to businesses looking to set up and requiring such a service, the conurbation is keeping a step ahead. A digital revolution is in the making, at the speed of light.
Lucifer II: diabolical dismantling
14 12 2009
How do you make a 1,340 tonne, 300-feet long frigate, grounded on the Cherbourg coast and impossible to move, disappear? Thanks to innovative and environmentally friendly methods, the dismantling of the Lucifer II was made possible, on site. A first in the field.
Lower Normandy’s nanotechnologies the subject of public debate
14 12 2009
Nanotechnology is the technology of the future, we are told! But what exactly does this scientific field cover? To enlighten us on the question, a public debate will be organised in Caen, on the 10th of December. In the meantime, here’s a review of Lower Normandy’s “nano-world”.
Ports Normands Associés – PNA (Associated Normandy Ports) :Lower Normandy’s ports are looking to the future
8 10 2009
130 million Euros. Such is the scheduled 6-year investment by the Associated Normandy Ports (PNA) to improve the competitiveness of the ports of Caen-Ouistreham and Cherbourg. Two development priorities have been identified: cross Channel links and traditional merchant trading.
Successful facelift for the Pierre Daure amphitheatre
8 10 2009
Closed for security reasons in 2007, following recommendations by the departmental security commission, Caen University’s emblematic Pierre Daure amphitheatre, located within the historic campus, will soon be re-opening its doors to the public. After a 4 million Euro “facelift”.
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