Laboratory news
Valérie Sartor & Stéphane Gineste received a prize in the CAES-CNRS Imagemo 2019 competition
On 15th of May in Paris, Valérie Sartor, a researcher in the SMODD team, and Stéphane Gineste, an engineer in the IDeAS team at the Softmat laboratory, were awarded the Photofolie prize in the 2019...
“Un océan de plastique”, audio slideshow on the work of Alexandra ter Halle, researcher at Softmat
Unlike microplastics, which are concentrated in the upper layer of the oceans, nanometric fragments are found throughout the water column. In this audio slideshow produced by the CNRS, discover the...
A new gelling molecule for growing neurons in 3D
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from the laboratories Softmat, ToNIC and LAAS has developed a hydrogel that can grow, develop and differentiate neural stem cells. This biomaterial could...
When drops pulsate and draw flowers…
How does a drop of oil behave when placed on water? Most often it spreads. But its chemical properties can also cause it to change the surface of the water at a later date, resulting in unexpected...