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SPHYNX
Statistical physics of equilibrium systems provides today a well-established framework for classical thermodynamics. However, most ‘real world’ systems found in condensed matter, biology, natural or industrial macrocosms are out-of-equilibrium, either because of the presence of external forcing or because they cannot relax back to equilibrium. These systems are often non-linear, disordered and/or complex and present emerging properties of their own.
The goal of SPHYNX is to gather researchers working on different objects but using common tools, those of the statistical physics to tackle the same challenge, that of complexity.
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A PhD student at SPEC awarded the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Young Talents Prize!
On October 7, 2025, the L’Oréal Foundation, in partnership with the French Academy of Sciences and the French National Commission for UNESCO, honored 34 young scientists for their promising research and their commitment to passing on their passion to the next generation of women scientists. Among them is Julie Meunier, a doctoral student at IRAMIS/SPEC.

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