Category: F2a PCCP Support

Eleonora Capocasa et Valerie Domcke receives the award L’Oréal-Unesco “Génération Jeune Chercheuse”

E3: Geophysics and gravitational wave interferometric detectors, Exploratory Project, F2a PCCP Support, Frontier Project, News

To open science professions to women and promote parity in positions of scientific responsibility, the Scholarships program L’Oréal-UNESCO “For Women in Science” awards each year young women researchers, in partnership with the French Academy of science and the French national Commission for UNESCO. This year, from more than 1,000 nominations in France, thirty young women scientists were nominated and two […]

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Gravitational wawes fiesta : an event for the students of the MOOC Gravity!

F2a PCCP Support, Frontier Project, News, Outreach, UnivEarthS Activities, Worskshop

This is the first of the Gravity! workshops for the learners of Gravity!, all their friends and all those interesting in getting a better understanding of the mysteries of our Universe. The workshop will of course focus on the topic of gravitational waves, with the historic event of their discovery. What is a gravitational wave? How were they observed? What […]

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We have detected gravitational wawes!

F2a PCCP Support, Frontier Project, News

On February 11, 2016 at 16:30, the Ligo and Virgo collaborations announced they had detected gravitational waves, a century after its description by Einstein. It’s a double masterstroke: by detecting for the first time these waves, the researchers also observed the first collision of two black holes. A new window opens on the Universe. Numerous scientists participated in this project. […]

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Gravity! MOOC Review

Education Project, F2a PCCP Support, Frontier Project, News, Outreach, Spotlight!, UnivEarthS Activities

The MOOC “Gravity: from Big Bang to black hole”, given on FUN platform by P. Binetruy with participation of George Smoot and journalist M.-O. Monchicourt, ended after 6 weeks. The result is very positive, both by the number of registered people and by the numbers of participants who attended and passed the entire course. It mobilized many actors: CERN and […]

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Register for the MOOC “Gravity: from the Big Bang to Black Holes”

F2a PCCP Support, News, Outreach, Spotlight!, UnivEarthS Activities

Gravity runs the Universe. This free online course explains why, focussing on key concepts from the Big Bang to black holes. What is gravity? This fundamental force is the common theme between concepts as intriguing as the Big Bang, black holes, dark energy, space-time, gravitational waves and the expansion of the Universe. If these concepts pique your interest, this free online […]

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