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A good knowledge of cuneiform is required for the seminar. …

If mankind has always migrated, how can we trace population movements over the long term that have left no written trace? Lluís Quintana-Murci , professor at the Institut Pasteur and director of the "Human Evolutionary Genetics" unit, shows how the latest …

Abstract Mammalian exploitation of the aquatic environment, particularly the marine environment, almost always leads to specific adaptations to this environment. This is not the case for humans, which raises the question of when this behavior first …

Films : Tsili (2014), based on the novel by Aharon Appelfeld ; Roses on Credit (2010), based on the novel by Elsa Triolet. Literature doesn't need cinema. It doesn't impose a ready-made image that tries to flesh out a text. It's up to the reader to do …

Abstract This lecture and the following one explore the concept of self-organization by studying the emergence of spatial and temporal patterns in systems where chemical or mechanical instabilities operate. Throughout these lectures we present theoretical …

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Abstract How did large-scale structures form, starting from a perfectly homogeneous initial state of the Universe, with only fluctuations of relative amplitude 10-5 at z   =  1  000 (the last scattering surface of the cosmic ray background)  ? It can be …

Abstract After losing the southern cities, Samsu-iluna fortified the region of Isin and Nippur, these two cities now controlling the southern border of his kingdom. He then successfully attempted to strengthen his eastern flank. We have seen that the king …

A good knowledge of classical Chinese is required for the seminar. …

Abstract Deleterious alleles are introduced into the population by mutation, and then change in frequency as a result of the combined effects of genetic drift and natural selection. Unless the allele confers an advantage in certain environments, the …

Annalisa Buffa's mini-course as part of the Jacques-Louis Lions Lectures Please note that this lecture will not be held at the Collège de France. Address J-L Lions Laboratory seminar room, bar 15-16, 3rd floor, room 09 (15-16-309) Sorbonne University, …

Abstract This lecture introduced the importance of the famous consensus problem, before explaining how this concept is central to digital technology today. The lecture then presented the impossibility theorem of consensus and its proof in the relatively …

Abstract Solar radiation is undoubtedly the most abundant source of renewable energy on Earth. However, it is intermittent and unevenly distributed across the globe. Although photovoltaic technology enables it to be efficiently converted into electricity, …

Abstract Another way of coupling molecular and solid catalysis is to develop homogeneous molecular catalysts (organometallic complexes) and graft them onto the surface of a solid support, preferably transparent and conductive if the aim is to produce …

Abstract The first lecture traced the three paths leading to Curry and Howard's discovery : the lambda-calculus, intuitionistic logic, and simple type systems. Around 1930, Church introduced the lambda-notation λx . e to designate the function that …

A good knowledge of cuneiform is required for the seminar. …

Abstract Hominins' entry into the predator guild changed their relationship with large carnivores. They went from being potential prey to competitors. However, this transition was gradual and these two roles are not mutually exclusive. There are many …