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Robache, K. and Schmitt, F. G.: Multiscale statistical analysis of thermal and non-thermal components of seawater pCO2 in the Western English Channel: scaling, time-reversibility, and dependence, Biogeosciences, 22, 8093–8111, 2025.
Link: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-8093-2025
Ma, Y., W. Cheng, S. Huang, F.G. Schmitt, X. Lin, Y. Huang, Hidden turbulence in van Gogh’s The starry night, Physics of Fluids, 36, 095140, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0213627
Press release
American Institute of Physics, 17/09/2024
Beneath the brushstrokes, van Gogh’s sky is alive with real-world physics
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1057862
The Times
Rhys Blakely, Van Gogh’s swirls “accurately depict complex physics”, 17/09/2024
https://www.thetimes.com/article/e6ca877a-6266-4d69-9366-9a3d79fe8211
The Telegraph
Why Van Gogh’s Starry Night is scientifically accurate
Ca m’intéresse
Rémi Capra-Brocard, « ’La nuit étoilée’ : comment Van Gogh a capté des lois complexes de l’astrophysique dans son chef-d’œuvre », 17/10/2024
Shaastra magazine (India)
Pallab Roygupta, « Starry, starry night”, October 2024
https://shaastramag.iitm.ac.in/news-brief/starry-starry-night
Washington Post
Carolyn Y. Johnson, « The hidden science swirling in the Starry night”, 17 December 2024
TV
NBC:
New research finds Van gogh’s “Starry nigh” skies align with physics
20/09/2024
Radio
France culture :
Alexandra Delbot, De la vraie physique cachée dans la Nuit Etoilée de Van Gogh, 18/09/2024
Science Friday (USA)
CBC Radio 1 (Canada)
Quirks & Quarks 1er novembre 2024
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/nov-2-the-science-of-art-appreciation-and-more-1.7369599
Presse en ligne
Actual New Magazine
Des physiciens découvrent des « turbulences cachées » dans La Nuit étoilée de Van Gogh, 17/09/2024
Shopshirestar.com
Van Gogh’s The Starry Night closely resembles turbulence seen in nature – study, 17/09/2024
Ars Technica
Jennifer Ouellette, Physicists discover « hidden turbulence » throughout van Gogh’s Starry Night, 17/09/2024
MailOnline (Dailymail)
Jonathan Chadwick, Van Gogh’s Starry Night is scientifically accurate! Artist used brushstrokes to reveal hidden turbulence in the sky, study reveals
Courtousenews.com
Cameron Thompson, Van gogh’s “the Starry Night” depicts turbulence in the sky with remarkable accuracy, 17/09/2024
Cosmosmagazine.com
Ellen Phiddian, Van Gogh painting mirrors real atmospheric physics, 18/09/2024
https://cosmosmagazine.com/science/physics/van-gogh-starry-night-atmosphere/
Scienceblog
Van gogh’s “Starry Night” reveals hidden turbulence, study finds, 17/09/2024
Astronomy.com
Randall Hyman, “Starry Night” captures the turbulent physics of why stars twinkle, 17/09/2024
Inverse :
Doris Elin Urrutia, The Iconic feature in van Gogh’s “The starry night” contains a strange physics phenomenon, 18/09/2024
https://www.inverse.com/starry-night-van-gogh-atmospheric-science
Les News:
Manuel Cebran, Des physiciens dévoilent la “turbulence cachée » dans La Nuit étoilée de van Gogh, 18/09/2024
Il Fatto Quotidiano
La Notte Stellata di Vincent van Gogh riproduce la reale fisica dell’atmosphera. Lo sudio su Physics of Fluids, 17/09/2024
Science alert
Michelle Starr, This famous Van Gogh painting features astonishingly accurate physics, 18/09/2024
https://www.sciencealert.com/this-famous-van-gogh-painting-features-astonishingly-accurate-physics
Yahoo news
Jenny McGrath, Van Gogh’s “Starry night” obeys a scientific law that was invented 52 years after. It reveals the painter’s keen observations of nature
28/09/2024
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/van-goghs-starry-night-obeys-104302967.html
Slate.fr
Mona Delahais “Le célèbre tableau de Van Gogh « La nuit étoilée » anticipe une théorie physique développée 50 ans plus tard »
28/09/2024
Sciencepost.fr
Brice Louvet, « La Nuit étoilée de Van Gogh respecte étonnamment les lois de la physique »
01/10/2024
Konbini
Lise Lanot, « Sans le savoir, Van Gogh aurait représenté pile poil les turbulences astrophysiques qui agitent le ciel », 16/10/2024
Gao, Y., F.G. Schmitt, J. Hu, Y. Huang, Probability based wind-wave relation, Frontiers in Marine Sciences 9, 1085340, 2023 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.1085340
Houliez, E., F.G. Schmitt, E. Breton, D.-I. Skouroliakou, U. Christaki, On the conditions promoting Pseudo-nitzschia spp. blooms in the eastern English Channel and southern North Sea, Harmful Algae, 125, 102424, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2023.102424
Wu, W., L. Wang, E. Calzavarini, F.G. Schmitt, Reactive scalars in incompressible turbulence with strongly out of equilibrium chemistry, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 938, A19, 2022.
Le Quiniou, C., Schmitt, F.G., E. Calzavarini, S. Souissi, Y. Huang, Copepod swimming activity and turbulence intensity: study in the Agiturb turbulence generator system, European Physical Journal Plus, 137, 250, 2022.
Kléparski L., G. Beaugrand, M. Edwards, F.G. Schmitt, R.R. Kirby, E. Breton, F. Gevaert, E. Maniez, Morphological traits, niche-environment interaction and annual diatom succession, Progress in Oceanography 201, 102747, 2022.
Schmitt, F.G., An algorithm for the direct estimation of the parameters of the SIR epidemic model from the I(t) dynamics, and application to the French COVID-19 case, European Physical Journal Plus, 137, 57, 2022. [doi:10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-02237-7]
Wu, W., F.G. Schmitt, E. Calzavarini, L. Wang, A quadratic Reynolds stress development for the turbulent Kolmogorov flow, Physics of Fluids, 33, 125129, 2021.
doi: 10.1063/5.0069688
Samanta Pelacani, Francois G Schmitt, Scaling properties of the turbidity and streamflow time series at two different locations of an intra-Apennine stream: case study, Journal of Hydrology, 603, part B, 126943, 2021.