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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 CO2 must be considered as a renewable raw material, an ideal molecule for storing renewable energies, first and foremost solar energy, in the form of renewable fuels such as methanol, methane or other hydrocarbons. To achieve this, we need to …

Abstract Adaptation to bipedal running occupies a central place among the biological adaptations that have enabled the development of efficient predation on medium to large mammals. Among primates, humans are the only ones with a real aptitude for …

Abstract This second   lecture dealt with the subject of biodiversity within species, i.e. phenotypic variation when the same genotype can lead to several phenotypes. The notion of diversity within a species might seem contrary to genetic determinism, but …

Secular stagnation : Gordon's vision Measuring growth Are ideas getting harder to find? Reallocation and credit Rising rents and slowing growth Documents and media Download …

Film  : Lullaby to my father (2012) Neither architecture nor cinema are intimate arts. Unlike the painter in front of his canvas, they are collective creations, requiring the mobilization of a large number of collaborators. In both cases, the aim is to …

Abstract This first introductory lecture retraces the major historical stages in the concept of morphogenetic information, particularly in a mechanical framework of epigenesis where forms are elaborated progressively. This culminates in the concept of …

Abstract After an historical review of the first laboratory experiments on the behavior of serpentine (1960s) under the high-pressure, high-temperature conditions of subduction zones, and on the appearance of fractures at the time of dehydration, as well …

Abstract In his introduction to the edition of the Proto-Ea series, Civil points out that lists of signs and similar exercises were usually destroyed almost immediately by erasing and reshaping the tablet, in order to save clay. The preservation of this …

Abstract Germline mutation is the source of all hereditary differences and evolutionary processes, and is therefore of fundamental importance. In mammals, analyses of phylogenetic patterns of the X chromosome and autosomes, as well as recent pedigree …

Hagit Attiya is a professor at the Department of Computer Science at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, and holds the Harry W. Labov and Charlotte Ullman Labov Academic Chair. She is also the executive vice-president for Academic Affairs at the …

Abstract This lecture showed how processors communicating through a shared memory, with only read and write operations possible, could solve sophisticated coordination problems such as implementing a distributed counter and taking an atomic global state. …