Kinetic Inductance Detectors, a promising technology for precision astronomy

News, Spotlight!, Valorization Project

RETROSPECTIVE. In order to observe the cosmos and its infinitely distant phenomena, each additional photon captured may be indispensable. The new generation of kinetic inductance detectors, currently being developed at the APC laboratory, is therefore a promising technology for developing ultra-precise astronomical instruments. This result, published last year, provides an update on the progress of this project. How to observe […]

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At the origins of the Solar System, millimetre-sized crystals at the heart of certain meteorites

I6: From dust to planets, News, Spotlight!

RETROSPECTIVE. Understanding the formation of our Earth and planets in general is one of the major scientific questions of our time. Chondrules, which are found in the core of certain meteorites, are also thought to be the building blocks of the telluric planets. In this study, IPGP researchers have used a new method to date these chondrules, thus lifting the […]

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Observing supernovae: neutrino detectors to the rescue

E10, E10, News, Spotlight!

The next step in our LabEx UnivEarthS science retrospective leads us to know more about the essential role of current and future neutrino detectors for the multi-messenger observation of core-collapse supernovae. A result obtained, among others, by APC researchers. Core-collapse supernovae are highly energetic explosions produced during the collapse of a massive star (with a mass exceeding 10 solar masses). […]

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4.5 billions years ago, the Earth’s early atmosphere was similar to present Venus

F7, F7, News, Spotlight!

To celebrate the end of the year, the LabEx UnivEarthS proposes to come back to its outstanding 2020 results. First stop on this retrospective: an international team, including IPGP researchers, reveals how the Earth’s primitive atmosphere must have been extremely rich in carbon dioxide in similar proportions to what is currently found in the atmosphere of Venus. The Earth’s current […]

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MYSTHIC: “We still have a lot to learn about deep Earth carbon cycle”

F4, News, Non classé, Spotlight!

For more than a year, Javiera Villalobos Orchard has been working as a postdoc geochemist on the LabEx-funded MYSTHIC project at IPGP. Here, she tells us more about her work and her background. “I was always curious the Earth”. Javiera’s interests about Earth and nature come from her country of origin: Chile. Growing up in Santiago, with the neighbouring Andes […]

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