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ERC Synergy Grant 2025 : Five recipient projects within the CNRS Physics laboratories

Tomo-rheoscopy of a liquid foam.
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Understanding the mechanical response of foams by observing individual bubbles

Figure: A Brownian particle (subject to thermal agitation) wanders in a confined well until it reaches a threshold, where an automated system (a demon) acts on the position of the well to extract energy from the particle. The cyclical operation of the process creates a temporal information engine between the demon's actions.
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Temporal information: an efficient fuel for a microscopic engine!

Figure : Electrostatic mapping (short times on the left, long times on the right) of surface charges deposited in the wake of a water droplet sliding over a hydrophobic solid. Their lateral diffusion over time reveals remarkably high mobility.
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Ionic puddles: And the ions slided at interfaces

Sketch of paths of excitation through a microscope objective placed above the membrane (red cone) and luminescence collection by the fiber inside the cryostat. The arrow indicates the length of interaction between the fiber and the guide.
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Collecting single photons using adiabatic coupling between waveguide and optical fiber

Lauréats du Prix Nobel de physique 2025 : John Clarke, Michel Devoret et John Martinis pour la découverte de l'effet tunnel quantique macroscopique et de la quantification de l'énergie dans un circuit électrique.
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Nobel Prize in Physics 2025: quantum properties on a human scale

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Unprecedented photon interactions: another step towards quantum computing?

Magritte Floquet spectral flow extended
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When nothing adds up - until it does