ERC Starting Grants 2023: two laureates at ENS de Lyon Mon, 18/09/2023 News Louis-Alexandre Couston, Associate Professor of Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University at the Physics Laboratory, and Benjamin Wesolowski, CNRS Research at UMPA, have been awarded the prestigious "Starting" Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). Article
How do you fit a bale of straw into the eye of a needle? Mon, 17/07/2023 Publication Publication of the Physics Laboratory in the journal PNAS, on July 18, 2022, and Nano Letters, on May 22, 2023. Communication of CNRS-INP on July 17, 2023. Article
Thermodynamics: 100% quantum Mon, 26/06/2023 Publication Publication of the Physics Laboratory and the LIP in the journal PRX Quantum on April 18, 2023. Communication of the CNRS-INP on June 13, 2023. Article
Disoriented order Mon, 26/06/2023 Publication Publication of the Physics Laboratory in the journal Nature on June 14, 2023. Communication of the CNRS-INP on June 14, 2023. Article
Gels' "memory" guides their mechanical properties Fri, 21/04/2023 Publication Publication of the Physics Laboratory in the journal Nature Physics on May 4, 2023. Communication of the CNRS-INSIS on May 9, 2023. Article
Eran Sharon, visiting professor at Physics Laboratory Wed, 19/04/2023 Portrait Professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Racah Institute of Physics, IsraelVisiting Professor 2022-23 - April 7 to May 7, 2023 Inviting Researcher: Adda-Bedia Mokhtar Article
Marcelo Pereyra, visiting professor at Physics Laboratory Tue, 11/04/2023 Portrait Associate Professor, Heriot-Watt University and Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Ediburgh, Scotland UKVisiting Professor 2022-23 - April 8 to 29, 2023 Inviting Researcher: Julián Tachella Article
Climate change: better prediction of heat waves thanks to AI Tue, 04/04/2023 Publication Publication of the Physics Laboratory in the Physical Review Fluids on April 4, 2023. Communication of the CNRS on April 3, 2023. Article
Patrice Abry and Patrick Flandrin awarded by EURASIP Fri, 31/03/2023 Honors and awards In 2023, Patrice Abry has been elevated EURASIP Fellow, Patrick Flandrin has received the Technical Achievement Award. Article
Plastics response to extreme stretching Wed, 02/11/2022 Publication Publication of the Physics Laboratory in the journal Macromolecules on October 11, 2022. CNRS-INP communication on October 28, 2022. Article
Imprisonment or escape, the unfair fate of active particles in cells Tue, 04/10/2022 Publication Publication of the Physics Laboratory in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics on September 14, 2022. CNRS-INSIS communication on September 30, 2022. Article
When order emerges from disorder: a macroscopic Maxwell demon Fri, 23/09/2022 Publication Publication of the Physics Laboratory in the journal Physical Review Letters on September 15, 2022. CNRS-INP communication on September 22, 2022. Article
Customized and durable encapsulation through electrostatic interactions Mon, 11/07/2022 Publication Publication of the LPENSL in the journal Physical Review Applied on July 6, 2022. CNRS-INP communication on July 7, 2022. Article
CNRS Bronze medal 2022 Thu, 14/04/2022 Honors and awards Congratulations to Marianne Métoix (LGL-TPE), Aurèle Piazza (LBMC) and Lucile Savary (LPENSL), recipients of the 2022 bronze medal awarded by the CNRS. Article
The downside of speed in information processing Wed, 13/04/2022 Publication Publication of the LPENSL in the journal Physical Review Letters on February 17, 2022. CNRS-INP communication on April 11, 2022. Article
Manikandan Mathur, visiting professor at LPENSL Fri, 01/04/2022 Portrait Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), Department of Aerospace EngineeringVisiting Professor 2021-22 - April 28 to May 25, 2022 Inviting Researcher: Thierry Dauxois Article
Homage to Krzysztof Gawedzki Mon, 24/01/2022 News Krzysztof Gawedzki passed away this Friday, January 21, 2022. Article
ENS de Lyon has invested in a unique device in France: microfluidics, optical clamps and confocal microscopy Mon, 17/01/2022 News ENS de Lyon is the first institution in France to invest in the only instrument in the world that allows the simultaneous manipulation and visualization of interactions between single biomolecules in real time. 8 teams in 3 laboratories – LPENSL, LBMC and RDP – are now working with this instrument. Article
Krzysztof Gawedzki receives the Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics 2022 Mon, 17/01/2022 Honors and awards This award annually recognizes significant contributions to the field of mathematical physics. Article
Audrey Bienfait recipient of an ERC Starting Grant Wed, 12/01/2022 News Audrey Bienfait, CNRS researcher at LPENSL - Physics Laboratory, is one of the recipients of the prestigious ERC Starting Grant. Article
Motile dislocations knead odd crystals into whorls Thu, 16/12/2021 Publication Publication of LPENSL in Nature on December 16, 2021. Article
Denis Bartolo, member of the American Physical Society Wed, 13/10/2021 Honors and awards This is prestigious recognition for Denis Bartolo for his pioneering experimental and theoretical contributions to the field of active matter. Article
Superior robustness of anomalous non-reciprocal topological edge states Wed, 13/10/2021 Publication Publication of LPENSL in the journal Nature on October 13, 2021. Article
Zen stones naturally placed atop pedestals of ice: a phenomenon finally understood Mon, 27/09/2021 Press release, Publication Publication of LPENSL in PNAS on September 27, 2021. CNRS press alert on September 27, 2021. Article
Processing Quantum Signals Carried by Electrical Currents Tue, 14/09/2021 Publication LPENSL publication in PRX Quantum on May 4, 2021. Article
Science in the open air Mon, 05/07/2021 News In April 2021, the School of Physics of Les Houches launched "Oxy-jeunes", a program aiming at organizing short stays, in an extra-ordinary setting, so that PhD and post-doctoral students can meet each other to exchange about their work or difficulties encountered during the pandemic. Article
Magnetic Janssen effect Fri, 18/06/2021 Publication Publication by LPENSL on Nature Communications on April 31, 2021. Article
What Do We See When We Look at Networks. An Introduction to Visual Network Analysis and Force-Directed Layouts Fri, 18/06/2021 Publication Publication by LPENSL and IXXI in the journal Big Data & Society on May 24, 2019. Article
IUF 2021: 1 senior member and 1 junior member at ENS de Lyon Thu, 03/06/2021 News On 3 June 2021, the names of new members of the 31st year group of the Institut universitaire de France (IUF) were announced. Article
2020 ERC Advanced Grants: two awardees in Lyon Thu, 22/04/2021 Honors and awards Regional press release on April 22, 2021 Article
Your Life in Numbers: Modeling Society Through Data Tue, 06/04/2021 Publication Pablo Jensen is the author of a book recently published by Springer: Your Life in Numbers: Modeling Society Through Data. Article
Lakes isolated beneath Antarctic ice could be more amenable to life than thought Wed, 17/02/2021 Publication Publication of Laboratoire de physique in Science Advances on February 17, 2021. Article
Patrick Flandrin elected President of the Academy of Sciences for 2021-2022 Thu, 10/12/2020 Honors and awards Press release from the Academy of Sciences on December 9, 2020. Article
Inertial drag-out problem: sheets and films on a rotating disc Thu, 03/12/2020 Publication Publication of LMFA and Laboratoire de Physique in Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Volume 908, February 10, 2021, A7. Article
Olivier Hamant and Patrice Abry, Academy of Sciences Award Winners Tue, 24/11/2020 Honors and awards Two researchers from ENS de Lyon have received an award from the French Academy of Sciences. Article
Kolmogorovian Active Turbulence of a Sparse Assembly of Interacting Marangoni Surfers Fri, 11/09/2020 Press release Publication by Laboratoire de physique in Physical Review X on June 22, 2020. Article
Understanding the extreme events in turbulent flows Mon, 22/06/2020 News Turbulent flows, like planetary atmospheres, oceans, or flow around an airfoil or a wind turbine, undergo strong fluctuations. Sometimes, the system may even undergo abrupt transitions between entirely different flow configurations. Such transitions seem to occur at random times, in an unpredictable manner. Article
Spatial and temporal regularization to estimate COVID-19 Reproduction Number R(t): Promoting piecewise smoothness via convex optimization Tue, 16/06/2020 Publication Publication by Laboratoire de physique and IXXI, in MedRxiv on June 15, 2020. Article
Alice&Bob raises €3M and enters the race to produce the world’s first fault-tolerant quantum computer Tue, 26/05/2020 Press release Alice&Bob - press release. Article
Scientists observe bacteria tumble their way out of surface traps Tue, 05/05/2020 Publication EurekAlert press release. Publication by Laboratoire de géologie de Lyon and Laboratoire de physique, in Biophysical Journal on May 5, 2020. Article
Denis Bartolo and Étienne Brasselet, winners of the 2019 Louis Ancel Award Mon, 04/05/2020 Honors and awards, News Since 1922, the Louis Ancel Award is granted every year by the French Society of Physics. It rewards a French physicist for his/her work in condensed matter physics. Article
ENS de Lyon gives HCL a hand Wed, 15/04/2020 News The research laboratories of ENS de Lyon are continuing to support hospitals and public services that are on the front line of the health crisis. Article
3D printing for hospitals Wed, 01/04/2020 News The ENS de Lyon is continuing to support hospitals and public services that are on the front line of the health crisis. Article
ENS de Lyon steps into action to help the HCL hospitals Tue, 31/03/2020 News The research laboratories of ENS de Lyon are helping support hospitals and public services that are on the front line of the health crisis. Article
‘80 Prime’ 2020 Call for projects: 3 winning projects Mon, 17/02/2020 News For the second edition, the CNRS call for projects '80 Prime' has once again given special emphasis to interdisciplinarity and risk-taking. Article
2020 CNRS Talents: bronze medals for Antoine Venaille and Daniel Jost Fri, 14/02/2020 Honors and awards, News The Bronze Medal is awarded to early work of researchers who are specialists in their field. This distinction represents an encouragement from the CNRS to pursue research that is well underway and already fruitful. Article
Pattern Formation in Low-Pressure Radio-Frequency Plasmas due to a Transport Instability Mon, 27/01/2020 Publication Publication by Laboratoire de Physique in Physical Review Letters on December 23, 2019. Article