Some materials, such as elastic polymers, become birefringent when mechanically stressed. A collaboration between Liphy and Saint-Gobain studies the visualization of stresses in confined elastomers.

Human insulin is a therapeutic protein widely used to control blood glucose levels in diabetic patients. But insulin aggregation in plastic tubings reduces its bio-activity. The aggregates formed are called amyloid fiber...

The energy of saline gradients, such as fresh water and sea water, is an alternative energy source with an enormous potential estimated to 1 TW world-wide. However this alternative energy is still largely unsued, as its ...

The modeling of crowd movements has become a very active field of research, and deep debates still animate the community on how to model certain behaviors such as panic movements. In this case, the "faster-is-slower" eff...

From planctonic species to large mammals, the movements of marine organisms span a wide range of length and time scales. Their individual and collective movements as well as their intra- and extra-species mutual interact...

An original process of sono crystallization allows to confine and favor the nucleation and growth of organic nanocrystals (NCs) in droplets by applying ultrasounds ...

LRP team discovered recently the presence of long-range attraction in suspensions of micro-particles made of complex polyelectrolytes. These properties open the way to new applications.