The polar ice caps are important components of the climate system. A volume of ice representing a 58 m change in sea level elevation is stored on the Antarctic continent. The ice, which forms from the accumulation of snowfall, behaves like a viscous fluid that flows under its own weight. The Antarctic ice cap is unique in that it rests on a bedrock with large areas below sea level and is...

Transport mechanisms guarantee a precise distribution of lipids at all points of the cell. Team of Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (CNRS & Université Côte d’Azur) is decrypting the operating mode of so-called lipid transfer proteins at the heart of these allocation processes. This can be used to understand the various cellular functions, as well as the molecular origins of...

The team of researchers simulates the desorption of a pesticide from a clay surface in the presence of water. The thermodynamics of this desorption will make it possible to compare the simulated data with the experimental macroscopic data relating to the desorption process, of significant value in understanding the release phenomena in water tables.

Numerical simulation helps improve existing materials and conceive new ones for the next generation of batteries

Numerical simulation is paramount for understanding the sink of CO2 in the ocean

For developing bioinspired technologies, numerical simulation is greatly helpful

Numerical simulation for a better understanding of interactions between proteins and DNA

The use of numerical simulation helps reinforce the safety of the next generation of nuclear plants

Using numerical simulation helps make spectacular progress in the understanding of oceanic circulation, which plays an important role in the Earth's climate system.

Numerical simulation contributes to increase the efficiency of offshore wind turbines, which represent one of the potential future solutions for the generation of clean electricity.