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The Year of Health: "Health issues are not limited to the notion of healthcare"
Highlighting cutting edge science in the field of health and reinforcing the links between research and education are the dual objectives of the Year…
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Coastal urbanisation disrupts fish physiology
Tourism, chemical pollution, noise and light pollution: urbanisation in coastal areas exposes fish to multiple stressors that affect their physiology…
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2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Henri Kagan for his work on asymmetric catalysis
Henri Kagan, Professor Emeritus of Université Paris-Saclay, has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of nonlinear effects…
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"Data is a heritage asset which we can build a robust innovation strategy upon"
In March 2026, the CNRS set up a department dedicated to data analysis and foresight for innovation to deepen its understanding of its innovation…
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The G6 Condemns the Attacks on the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
The six leading European research organizations, united within the G6 network—CNR (Italy), CNRS (France), CSIC (Spain), the Helmholtz Association,…
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France 2030: the CNRS and the IRD launch a national research programme on the habitability of the Earth
At the interface between the social sciences, ecology and Earth sciences, the goal of the TRANSFORM exploratory research programme is to better…
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A new species of Mosasaur identified in Provence, southeastern France
Although long regarded as exclusively marine animals, mosasaurs--large Cretaceous predators--also included freshwater species. Now, a research team…
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Jacqueline Bloch, magician of light
The outstanding physicist Jacqueline Bloch is a specialist in polaritons, microscopic objects halfway between matter and light. She has just been…
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Le Journal
Solving the Schrödinger equation with imagination
A governing equation in quantum mechanics, the Schrödinger equation is, in practice, impossible to solve exactly. The mathematicians Éric Cancès,…
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How does the partially molten layer form above Mars’s core?
The rocks in Mars’s mantle begin to melt at a depth of approximately 1,550 km, and at a temperature around 100°C lower than previously thought.This…
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