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© CNRS Photothèque  /  Pascal DISDIERPROFILE - Jules Hoffmann, Nobel Laureate and CNRS Gold Medalist

December 2011 was a busy month for Jules Hoffmann. On the 10th, the biologist traveled to Stockholm for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine that he was awarded jointly with Bruce Beutler (US) and Ralph M. Steinman (Canada).Three days later, he was in Paris to receive the CNRS Gold Medal, France’s most prestigious scientific distinction...

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DOCUMENTARIES

Perfume Regained

It all began when an archaeologist specialising in Roman antiquity discovered the remains of perfume shops and, while going through them with a fine toothcomb, couldn’t help wondering whether perhaps the flasks might still contain traces of scent from the past...

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Molecules from sunshine: The refinery of the future

The EuroBioRef project (European Multilevel Integrated Biorefinery Design for Sustainable Biomass Processing) coordinated by CNRS, France, deals with the entire process of transformation of biomass, from fields to final commercial products. It will involve 28 partners from 14 different countries into a highly collaborative work...

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PHOTO ESSAY

© CNRS Photothèque  /  Hervé THERYFOCUS - Forests under Threat

There is now unequivocal evidence: if deforestation continues at current rates, natural forest may vanish from the surface of the globe within 30 years. This will affect humanity as a whole: not only do forests provide extraordinary resources, they also play a key role in regulating the world’s climate and in biodiversity conservation...

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© CNRS Photothèque  /  Cyril FRESILLONLIVE FROM THE LABS - Seeing through a Revolution

Medical imaging has revolutionized medicine, making it possible not only to detect abnormalities, but in some cases, to also treat them.

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In brief

"L2i - The Two Infinities"

a film about CNRS by Jean-Jacques Beineix

"Objectives Objectivity"

27.01 > 24.02.2012, Roma, Italy

an exhibition casting its gaze accross Art and Science, presenting 30 CNRS pictures

"Kill to Be Born"

received the Art award at the International Science Film Festival (Athens, Greece) - November 21-27, 2011

"Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies"

18 films in a 3-hour thematic DVD, available in French and English

"The Dungeon of Vincennes"

All about the restoration of a medieval dungeon, 12 films on a thematic DVD available in French, English and Spanish

"Exploring the Living Cell"

13 films in a 3-hour thematic DVD, available in French, German and English

 

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