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ENCOURAGING THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY
Climate Modelling
The evolution of climate – related to the accumulation of greenhouse gases – and energy transition are most complex issues
and raise many difficulties. They are the focus of an ongoing reflection at the Académie des Sciences. This conference takes stock
of research on climate modelling, from the geological past to the centuries to come (“ Modélisation des climats: du passé géologique
aux siècles futurs”, 22 September 201512).
New Materials
The properties of defects in crystals, new nanoparticle-based "glues", electronic properties of
transition metal oxides – all these topics were discussed at this conference organized by the
Académie des Sciences (3 November 201513).
Quantum Entanglement
During this conference on Quantum Teleportation, Entanglement, and Einstein’s Question “What is Light?”, Anton Zeilinger, a foreign
associate member of the Académie des sciences, reviewed the phenomenon of quantum entanglement and its possible applications
(17 November 201514).
Partner Sessions and Colloquia
Drug Safety
Drug safety involves a growing number of preclinical tests and
pharmacovigilance studies, which has an impact on the time
and cost of drug development. How may the development of new
methods, such as the -omics or in silico approaches, prove useful?
How may rare effects, of the immuno-allergic type, be predicted?
What is the acceptable risk of adverse effects occurring, balanced
against therapeutic benefit? All these issues were considered during
this interacademic conference (“La sécurité des médicaments”, 20
January 201515).
Académie des Sciences-Académie Nationale de Médecine Joint Session
Determination of Sex
Sexual differentiation, most of the time genetically determined, may, with some animal or plant species, be determined by
environmental (temperature) or social (population size) variables. This interacademic session provided the opportunity to clarify the
molecular mechanisms at work in sexual differentiation in humans, animals and plants, mechanisms that are the focus of intense
research (“Détermination du sexe”, 21 January 201516).
Académie des Sciences-Académie d’Agriculture de France Joint Session
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