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Olivier Grasset appointed Director of CNRS Earth & Space
Thierry Dauxois, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the CNRS, has appointed Olivier Grasset as Director of CNRS Earth & Space, effective 1…
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Hong Wang, Permanent Professor at IHES, awarded the 2026 Fields Medal
Hong Wang, a 35-year-old Chinese mathematician specializing in harmonic analysis, has been awarded the Fields Medal at the International Congress of…
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Wikipedia and science: a happy love story (at last)
Twenty-five years on from its launch, the world’s most widely read online encyclopaedia has made the reliability of its content, which is underpinned…
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The acceleration of High-Risk Research: imagining tomorrow’s scientific breakthrough discoveries
Which breakthrough innovations could soon emerge from basic research? Almost two years after the launch of the CNRS’s ‘High-Risk Research’ programme,…
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"France’s overseas territories are at the core of a considerable proportion of contemporary scientific challenges"
France’s overseas territories are often the first to face challenges like extreme weather events, adaptation to natural hazards, zoonotic diseases,…
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Sandrine Sagan appointed Deputy CEO for Science of the CNRS
Thierry Dauxois, Chairman & CEO of the CNRS, has appointed Sandrine Sagan as Deputy CEO for Science of the CNRS, effective 1 August 2026. She is…
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Preparing France’s regions for the climate of tomorrow
In the face of climate change, regional adaptation is a slow, collective and often uncertain process. Working alongside local authorities, the…
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ERC Proof of Concept 2026 : CNRS awardees in the first round
The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the results of the first round of the “ERC Proof of Concept Grant” call for 2026. Among the 182…
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Offshore wind turbines and biodiversity – science sets sail
With industrial offshore wind turbine projects multiplying along France’s four coastlines, a collaborative scientific expert review led by the CNRS…
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Offshore wind farms and biodiversity: findings from the Ifremer-CNRS scientific assessment
To inform public decision-making on the deployment of offshore wind energy:• ESCo, a collective scientific assessment of offshore wind farm and…
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