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Distinction

Discover the CNRS Physics Silver and Bronze Medals for 2026

Pascale Senellart, médaillée de l'innovation, et l'ordinateur à photonique quantique de Quandela
Distinction

The 2025 CNRS Innovation Medal has been awarded to the physicist Pascale Senellart

International scientific collaboration network on COVID-19, on the Netscity app.
Europe and International

14 international projects supported by CNRS Physics in 2025

Exploitation de la transition isolant–métal du VO2 pour mesurer la conductivité thermique d’un matériau par microscopie optique en régime stationnaire. La lecture du rayon du domaine métallique en fonction de la puissance de pompage permet cette mesure.
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Thermocolorimetry based on VO2 to Measure Thermal Conductivity

The waltz of fermions under the microscope

https://www.cnrs.fr/en/press/waltz-fermions-under-microscope
Data mimicking topological effects. These striking patterns may indicate significant effects in topological condensed matter physics, but they often arise from simple fine-tuning in complex samples.
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Sharing data to make science more reliable

Homage

Tribute to the physicist Mehdi Zeghal

CNRS Physics was saddened to learn of the passing of Mehdi Zeghal, a faculty member at Paris-Saclay University in the Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (LPS). He completed his doctoral…
Une cuve cylindrique transparente est remplie d’eau et contient en son centre un fin cœur d’air, formant un vortex de vidange d’environ 40cm de long pour seulement quelques millimètres d‘épaisseur.
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Kelvin waves: from quantum condensates to atmospheric tornadoes

Le transfert de chaleur aux interfaces métal/semiconducteur implique non seulement le canal phonon-phonon mais également le canal électron-phonon.
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When electrons transfer heat to the silicon

Schematic of a measurement of the optical detection of ultrafast spin accumulations (Δμ_s).
Scientific news

Ultra-fast spin accumulations make it possible to reverse the magnetisation in magnetic materials

DNA cryptography: a new French-Japanese approach has proven its worth

https://www.cnrs.fr/en/press/dna-cryptography-new-french-japanese-approach-has-…