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January 2019

 NEWSLETTER

Université Paris-Saclay's high standards of scientific integrity

Université Paris-Saclay

To conduct research, one needs to adopt a rigorous, honest scientific approach. In a major university such as Paris-Saclay, it only seems natural to advance knowledge ethically by relying on scientific and intellectual honesty. This means sharing knowledge in an open and constructive spirit, respecting regulations in force, being impeccably rigorous in the conduct of experiments, and verifying the validity of one's research results before their publication.

Polethis's main areas of focus is to raise awareness, share knowledge and promote scientific integrity at institutions within Université Paris-Saclay through its network of "scientific integrity advisors."

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UNIVERSITY Sylvie Retailleau discusses some of Université Paris-Saclay’s key priorities

 
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SCIENCES Lifting the veil on the science of human motion

 
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PhD Université Paris-Saclay's doctorate programs renew their ISO 9001 certification in an effort to constantly improve their practices

 
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INTERNATIONAL Zhejiang University and UPSaclay develop their cooperation with the signature of a PhD double-degree agreement 

 
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Nanoresonators weighing viruses

A team of French researchers involving Université Paris-Saclay (CEA, CNRS, Inserm, Université Paris-Sud) and Université Grenoble-Alpes has devised a new technique for the measurement of masses in the range of 10-20 kg. Such devices should lead to important technological progress in many fields, especially biology. Various examples are presented in the 23 November 2018 issue of Science.

At the moment, we are able to measure precisely the mass of objects that weigh several tons. In addition, many research projects in the past decades have made it possible to characterize small molecular assemblies and even isolated atoms. In the absence of a good technical solution, however, accuracy was lacking for objects of intermediary size. For example, determining the mass of certain complex nano-assemblies could only be done theoretically. A team of French researchers remedied this problem by devising nano-scales. The latter are based on the mass spectrometry principles, coupled with a network of mechanical nanoresonators.