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10.09.2026

Michel Koenig awarded the 2025 Hannes Alvèn Prize at the 2026 EPS DPP conference

10.09.2026

Caterina Riconda appointed to the Institut Universitaire de France

Congratulations to Caterina Riconda, who has been appointed to the Institut Universitaire de France to hold a fundamental chair, effective October 1, 2026, for a term of 5 years. The mission of the Institut universitaire de France (IUF) is to promote the...

02.26.2026

Understanding cosmic ray generation in the lab

By combining high-power lasers and intense magnetic fields, researchers succeeded for the first time in demonstrating particle acceleration during the interaction of a collisionless shock wave with a magnetized ambient medium. Reference Laboratory...

02.26.2026

Cosmos in the lab

Listen to the podcast of La Méthode scientifique by Antoine Beauchamp and Nicolas Martin on the France Culture website.

02.26.2026

APS HONORS 2023 Fellows Announced

02.26.2026

Bronze medal

02.26.2026

APOLLON Research Infrastructure Opening

On Tuesday March 23, 2021, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. took place the “APOLLON OPENING” WEBINAR, bringing together more than 100 participants representing the international community of future users of the Apollon Research infrastructure. During this...

02.26.2026

Chair proposal : deadline 30 April 2024

02.26.2026

Burning plasma achieved in inertial fusion

A burning plasma has been recently achieved at the National Ignition Facility in the US: a paper in the Figaro magazine on 28/01/2022 could be read here (in french only). On the same subject, listen to the podcast of the 7pm radio news programme of France...

01.01.2026 - 03.18.2026

Call for access to the LULI laser facilities

01.22.2025 - 01.22.2026

Prix Alfven et Landau Spitzer

02.07.2023 - 02.07.2024

Nuclear fusion: 1, 2, 3 Sun