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A mandrill mother whose infant is nibbling her eyebrow, while her elder daughter looks on. The scene illustrates the competing demands of motherhood. © Michel HALBWAX
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Life

Foetal loss in wild mandrills, an adjustement of maternal investment

In wild mandrills, a primate from Central Africa studied in Gabon, females who become pregnant while still caring for a dependent infant face a…

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© Michael Toffolo
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Environment
Society

Studying past landscapes to understand the adaptation of early Homo sapiens

Around 200,000 years ago, early Homo sapiens inhabited ecosystems in South Africa that have no modern equivalent, characterised by regular rainfall…

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© Frédérique Plas / CNRS Images
Press
Health

Ovarian cancer: tumour cells ‘configured’ to resist treatment

In one aggressive form of ovarian cancer, the initial status of the tumour cells may contribute to the explanation for why they resist treatment…

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© Rui Seabra
Press
Environment
Life

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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Press
Corporate

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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© Pascal Xicluna/agriculture.gouv.fr
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Corporate

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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©Thierry TORTOSA
Press
Environment

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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Space

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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Corporate

The CNRS has awarded its 2026 Gold Medal to the physicist Jacqueline Bloch

This year’s CNRS Gold Medal has been awarded to the physicist Jacqueline Bloch for her discoveries relating to polaritons, hybrid particles that form…

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Press
Corporate

France 2030: launch of an upstream research programme on nuclear fission energy

Building a decarbonized nuclear industry that is safer and more versatile is a crucial challenge for the coming years. That is why an ambitious new…

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