International Day of Light 2018

Following the success of the International Year of Light, which highlighted the importance of light-based science and technology and generated more than 13,000 activities in 147 countries, UNESCO proclaimed May 16 as the International Day of Light.

This day will be declined annually on a planetary scale. It aims to demonstrate the importance of light and its role in the promotion of science, art and culture, education and sustainable development, particularly in areas as diverse as medicine, communications and science. energy.

The FEMTO-ST Institute will contribute to highlighting this theme by organizing a conference to be held at FEMTO-ST on Thursday 26 April 2018.

It will consist of short interventions given by local guests who will discuss science and technology, laser history, photography and cosmology. A round table on the role of science in society will also be organized.

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Event International Day of Light

Eric MAZUR (Harvard Université) en conférence à FEMTO-ST

Professeur à l'Université de Harvard, ce scientifique de renommée internationale dans le domaine des interactions ultrarapides entre la lumière et la matière et la science des matériaux est intervenu dans nos locaux ce vendredi 21 Juin.
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John Dudley appointed senior member of the institut universitaire de France

A member of FEMTO-ST's Optics Department and professor at the University of Franche-Comté, John Dudley has been appointed to a Fundamental Chair in senior category of the Institut Universitaire de France
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Développement d'un polymère thermodurcissable biosourcé et recyclable :

Une étape majeure vers l'intégration des composites à matrices thermodurcissables dans l'économie circulaire et biosourcée.
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FEMTO-ST s'implique du 13 au 15 Mai à Pint of Science Festival

De nombreux chercheurs de l’institut se mobilisent à Besançon à l’occasion de la 11ème édition du festival international de vulgarisation scientifique sur des thématiques variées : optique, robotique, microtechniques pour les médicaments innovants, développement durable.
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Laser nanofabrication: nanopillars emerging from sapphire

Femtosecond lasers are well known for their ability to cut materials with extreme precision and texture surfaces. A FEMTO-ST team has achieved a world first, opening up a new use for these lasers.
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Best paper award on BIOSEC 2024

Raniya Ketfi, Zeina Al Masry, and Noureddine Zerhouni have been awarded the Best Paper Prize at the 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies
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Mayra Yucely Beb Caal awarded "Female Science Talents Intensive Track Champion 2024"

A PhD student in FEMTO-ST's micro and nanorobotics team, she is one of 20 talented women from 15 countries, each making a significant contribution in their scientific field.
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Two Best Paper awards at Photonics West

Mathilde Hary and Maxime Romanet win two of the 5 awards for best oral presentations at the world's leading optics-photonics conference
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John Dudley awarded EPS Prize for Research into the Science of Light

This award – jointly with Goëry Genty from Tampere University – recognizes their pioneering contributions to ultrafast nonlinear fibre optics.
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Michaël Gauthier, new director of FEMTO-ST

A new team is taking over the management of the institute for a 5-year term starting in January 2024.
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