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20/09/2021

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“The Book of Odes”, from poetry to reference book

In order to make a successful comparison of different texts associated with The Book of Odes, an anthology of Chinese antiquity which has proved to be a tool for understanding society, Marie Bizais-Lillig decided to take the plunge and create a database. The researcher from the Research Group on Oriental, Slavonic and Modern Greek Studies has gained a USIAS fellowship to realise this project.

01/09/2021

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Schedule for the beginning of the 2021 academic year

A 100% return to onsite work at the beginning of the 2021/22 academic year is planned for both students and staff. The university is planning for students to return to the campuses under normal conditions while respecting the hygiene guidelines.

01/09/2021

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19/07/2021

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Reproducing the energy transfer in photosynthesis

Anna Rosławska and Guillaume Schull, who are researchers at the Surfaces et interfaces department of the Institut de physique et de chimie des matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS) have succeeded in reproducing the energy transfer at work in plant photosynthesis using a model composed of three pigments (organic molecules).

19/07/2021

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Casinos, online gambling and betting, a new avenue for money laundering and corruption

The European College of Financial Investigation and Analysis (CEIFAC) in Strasbourg decided to tackle a rarely studied field of research: that of online gambling and betting, as a new avenue for money laundering and corruption. This new subject was explored at a conference that took place in early June in collaboration with the University of Bordeaux.

19/07/2021

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Ang Lee, a pioneer filmmaker in search of renewal

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain, Life of Pi… The work of Taiwanese director, Ang Lee, is rich and eclectic. In her book: Ang Lee, Taïwan – Hollywood, une odyssée cinématographique, which was released on 10 June 2021, Nathalie Bittinger, a lecturer in film studies and member of the Approches contemporaines de la création et de la réflexion artistiques (ACCRA) laboratory, looks back at his filmmaking, which has not ceased to evolve and reinvent itself over the decades.

19/07/2021

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Boosting the electrical performance of 2D materials with molecular bridges

Researchers from the Nanochemistry Laboratory of the Institute of Supramolecular Science and Engineering (ISIS) at the University of Strasbourg, in collaboration with Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) and the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom), have devised a new molecular strategy to boost the performance of electronic devices based on semiconducting 2D materials. These results have been published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.

19/07/2021

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Paolo Samorì, first Strasbourg researcher appointed Fellow of the Materials Research Society

Paolo Samorì, Director of the Institute of Supramolecular Science and Engineering (ISIS), has been appointed as Fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS), a first for a Strasbourg-based researcher. This honour recognises his contributions to the advancement of materials science at the international level through the development of new materials and high-performance multifunctional mechanisms, for applications in the fields of (opto)electronics, energy and sensing.

19/07/2021

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In search of element 120 in the periodic table of elements

The Mendeleev table is currently composed of 118 chemical elements. Benoît Gall travelled to Russia and Japan in search of elements 119 and 120, that have never yet been observed. Gall, a researcher from the Hubert Curien Pluridisciplinary Institute, tells us about his quest for the Grail.

19/07/2021

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Nuclear fission mechanism deciphered to an extent

In an article published in Nature, scientists have partly resolved the mystery that has prevailed for over 40 years: where is the energy that causes the atomic nuclei to spin once they have split during the fission process derived from? Sandrine Courtin, Head of the Subatomic Physics Department of the Hubert Curien Pluridisciplinary Institute (IPHC), explains.

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