Researchers reveal how water at the surface of titanium dioxide helps methanol react under realistic photocatalytic conditions, showing that water actively participates in the reaction rather than simply surrounding the catalyst.
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Phenylium ion reactivity demonstrated under interstellar-like conditions
Physicists from the Systemae team at ISMO, ISM Bordeaux, and the SOLEIL synchrotron have shown that the phenylium ion reacts efficiently with acetylene, without an energy barrier, under conditions relevant to the interstellar medium, thereby reaffirming its potential role in the formation and growth of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).
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ISMO as a Potential Host Laboratory for a CNRS Junior Professorship Chair
The QSAM Chair focuses on advanced modelling and simulation of molecular or hybrid quantum systems. Interested researchers are warmly encouraged to apply by 2 September 2026 at 5:00 p.m.
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Single-molecule brightness, a new dimension for super-resolution imaging in biology
A new method exploits the brightness of individual fluorophores, rather than their spectrum, to distinguish several proteins simultaneously, with no noticeable loss of resolution. These results, published in Nature Methods, are featured in a CNRS Physics news item
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11th Edition of the MOOC: Understanding Nanoscience
Explore Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Duration: 7 weeks
Estimated effort: 3 hours per week (21 hours total)
Start date: Enrollment now open
New SFP Thesis Award — Osman Atabek Prize
This doctoral thesis award in atomic and molecular physics is open to all doctoral candidates who defended their thesis in France in 2025 in this field, whether theoretical or experimental.
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Apply for a PhD fellowship from the Light in Paris programme
Light in Paris is an international doctoral programme in the sciences of light offering 30 fully funded PhD positions at Université Paris-Saclay, including 6 projects hosted at ISMO, in partnership with the EU and industrial stakeholders.
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Excelsior 2.0, one of the 14 international research projects supported by CNRS Physics
The Excelsior 2.0 project – Exotic electronic states in correlated and functional materials, led by Andrés Santander-Syro, involves Japan and Argentina.
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First observation of molecular stratification in the “Flying Saucer” disk
Thanks to the ideal orientation of the “Flying Saucer” disk, a CNRS team has produced the first precise map of the vertical distribution of molecules in a protoplanetary disk.
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Laurent Le, 2024 Treefrog Prize winner
Laurent Le, who defended his PhD at ISMO in 2024, received the Treefrog Prize awarded by the Physics and Life Division of the French Physical Society for his innovative contributions to high-precision fluorescence microscopy for living systems.
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