The Astroparticle and Cosmology Laboratory (APC) is opening its doors to future doctoral students. Thesis topics for 2026, led by the laboratory's research teams, are now available here and cover a wide range of topics related to the physics of the two infinities: high-energy astrophysics, cosmology, particle physics, gravitational waves, and theoretical physics. Interested candidates are invited to contact the person listed for each proposal.
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On December 3, 2025, the Astroparticle & Cosmology Laboratory welcomed a Polish delegation led by Prof. Andrzej Szeptycki, Undersecretary of State at the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education. This visit was part of the 8th Franco-Polish Forum for Science and Innovation. It comes at a pivotal moment: the signing of an agreement between the CNRS and the Polish Academy of Sciences, aimed at strengthening the partnership between the APC and the future International Institute for Particle Astrophysics (AstroCeNT).
The APC Laboratory mourns the loss of George Smoot, who passed away unexpectedly at his home in Paris. George Smoot was one of the pioneers of observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB), which revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos and placed cosmology on a firm experimental footing.
(Credits photo: Peter Badge/Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings)
Scientists from APC are among the researchers worldwide honored with the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, awarded to the ATLAS Collaboration at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) alongside its sister experiments ALICE, CMS and LHCb
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Jamie Boyd
CERN
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2026-02-03 14:00
Simon Cléry
Technical University of Munich
Germany
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