France-USA S&T News

Recent scientific news from France, or related to France and the USA, about discoveries, research policy and organizations.

Interview (in french) of Jules Hoffmann, Nobel Laureate
published on February 23, 2012
Jules Hoffmann, director of research at the CNRS, and Bruce Beutler jointly won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Medicine with cell biologist Ralph Steinmann. Hoffmann, a Franco-Luxembourgeois biologist, and Beutler, an American immunologist, share the prize “for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity.” During Jules Hoffmann visit on January 18, 2012 in San Diego (California) where he was the guest of the sixth annual symposium organized by the Salk Insitute, Nature and the Ipsen Foundation on the topic of immunity and inflammation, we had the opportunity to interview him shortly before his presentation.
Nuclear Power: French Leaders Visit Congress
published on February 23, 2012
In a display of bilateral engagement on Capitol Hill in Washington, French policymakers and members of the Congressional French Caucus convened two roundtable discussions on February 7 to trade best practices in nuclear waste management.
2012, French Autism Awareness Year
published on February 9, 2012
In December, French Scientific Attache in the Consulate of France in Atlanta, Jacqueline Signorini was invited to the groundbreaking ceremony launching construction of the Yerkes Dual-Function Facility, the Emory Institute for Drug Discovery and the Center for Innovative Genetics
Caltech-CEA-Leti Alliance Launches First Start-up, Analytical (...)
published on January 27, 2012
Begun in June 2006, this experiment between CEA-Leti, based in Grenoble, France, and the Kavli Nanoscience Institute at the California Institute of Technology (the famous Caltech) in Pasadena, California, made concrete progress in January of the following year by launching the Alliance for Nanosystems VLSI (Very-Large-Scale-Integration). Their objective is to accelerate the speed at which they bring nanometric-based measuring systems to the commercial market.
Consult Wikipedia "Science Diplomats Club" today
published on January 18, 2012
This page, as every other english one, has been blackouted today.
Young French astronomer is first author of the paper on the discovery of a (...)
published on December 20, 2011
François Fressin, young French astronomer, expatriate at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics de Cambridge (Massachusetts), is the first author of the study published in Nature announcing the discovery of two exo-planets of similar size compared to Earth.
A Frenchman among the "Forbes 30 under 30"
published on December 19, 2011
Jean-Baptiste Michel, FQEB Fellow at Harvard and Visiting Faculty at Google, has been listed by Forbes among the "30 Under 30" Rising Stars of Science.
The First French-American Science Festival in Chicago
published on December 8, 2011
Supported by the French Institute in its call for projects regarding the promotion of scientific and technical culture, the first Franco-American Science Festival was organized by the scientific department of the French Consulate in Chicago. The event took place over the course of two days: with an animation of scientific activities at the “Alliance Francaise” of Milwaukee on October 13th, 2011, followed by an intense program in Chicago, on October 14th at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University located in the heart of town.
French Space agency turns 50
published on November 22, 2011
President Sarkozy celebrates the 50th anniversary of CNES.
Saul Perlmutter, three-time France-Berkeley recipient, receives the 2011 (...)
published on November 15, 2011
Astrophysician Saul Perlmutter was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics alongside two other scientists, Professor Brian Schmidt and Adam Riess. The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs is honored that the Nobel Institute chose to honor the work of Professor Perlmutter, who has collaborated closely with several French research teams. In particular Mr. Perlmutter was at the helm of three projects selected and supported by the France-Berkeley Fund in 1997, 2001, and 2008 led in cooperation with the Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon and the Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire des Hautes Energies in Paris.