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03.30.2018
From JPEG images to the detection of gravitational waves, the work of Joseph Fourier, whose 250th anniversary was celebrated last month, led to numerous modern-day applications. Yet this would not...
Article
12.07.2016
To represent reality more accurately, is it better to simplify models and simulations or make them more complex? Specialist Frédéric Alexandre explains the latest developments and limits of current...
04.20.2016
The Microscope satellite was placed in orbit this April. Its mission: test once more the principle of equivalence, a pillar of the theory of general relativity that postulates that all objects fall...
01.11.2016
A century after Einstein published his theory of general relativity, one of its most disturbing predictions remains intriguing: to what extent does the proximity of massive bodies such as planets,...