Basic research for the benefit of society
Read more
Latest
CNRS Info

Join the CNRS: 37 Tenure-track positions available

https://www.cnrs.fr/en/cnrsinfo/join-cnrs-37-tenure-track-positions-available
CNRS News

Long-standing consensus on the human origin of global warming

https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/long-standing-consensus-on-the-human-origin-of-gl…
CNRS News

Forests faced with climate change

https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/forests-faced-with-climate-change
Press release

How the microbiota stimulates growth

https://www.cnrs.fr/en/how-microbiota-stimulates-growth
Press release

Laboratory at bottom of Mediterranean for probing sea and sky

https://www.cnrs.fr/en/laboratory-bottom-mediterranean-probing-sea-and-sky
Press release

Notre Dame: First Gothic cathedral to make massive use of iron

https://www.cnrs.fr/en/notre-dame-first-gothic-cathedral-make-massive-use-iron
CNRS Info

“French research has much to gain from close collaboration with India”

https://www.cnrs.fr/en/cnrsinfo/french-research-has-much-gain-close-collaborati…
CNRS Info

The CNRS invites the world's greatest minds

https://www.cnrs.fr/en/cnrsinfo/cnrs-invites-worlds-greatest-minds

Research areas

See all CNRS institutes

History of the CNRS

See more

Awards

CNRS at the top of international rankings

  • See more

    • Join the CNRS

    Researchers, engineers, technicians, administrative staff : join the CNRS !

    Innovation

    Industrial partnerships, start-up and patents

  • See more
    • To discover
    2021 a year at the CNRS
    A look back at the highlights of the year, scientific news, innovations and enhancements, the measures deployed to move the establishment forward.  
    Discover
    CNRS News: our online science magazine
    From astrophysics to archaeology, follow the research behind the latest scientific discoveries :  articles,  features, interviews, videos and much more. 
    Browse now
    Discover scientific research in images
    Science featured in 50 000 photos and 2 000 videos available online.
    Browse now
    The CNRS on social networks
    [BLOG] Pour inaugurer le nouveau blog de #CNRSleJournal dédié à l'#anthropologie, découvrez dans ce billet comment des scientifiques et des populations autochtones travaillent en étroite collaboration pour répliquer des objets rituels patrimoniaux, à des fins de conservation, dans le respect des savoir-faire ancestraux.
    Depuis quelques années, ces micro-organismes commencent à délaisser les paillasses des biologistes pour les éprouvettes des chimistes. Objectif : étudier les bactéries sous un nouvel angle avec la perspective de développer de nouvelles solutions ... https://t.co/JxyzZJam2a
    Follow us on Youtube