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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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CSR: ‘Transforming practices to improve working conditions in research’
A year on from its adoption, the CNRS’s Overall Sustainable Development and Social Responsibility Plan has acted as a catalyst to drive the adoption…
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The European challenge of rare earths - between the demands of sovereignty and environmental imperatives
Rare earths are critical for the energy and digital transitions and currently largely imported from third countries. With the European Union…
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[Infographic] VivaTech 2026: Science in support of sovereignty
Batteries, AI, semiconductors… How can France and Europe—which are falling behind the United States and China—break free from their dependencies? At…
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Thierry Dauxois is named Chairman & CEO of the CNRS
Thierry Dauxois was named Chairman & CEO of the CNRS on 10 June 2026 by the French President Emmanuel Macron, on the recommendation of Philippe…
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The CNRS at VivaTech 2026: basic research central to technological sovereignty
• For its 7th participation in VivaTech, the CNRS reaffirms its central role in deeptech innovation by presenting the…
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Mission Neptune: an overview of a scientific coalition focused on the high seas and the seabed
A year after the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC-3) comes the launch of a new scientific programme on the high seas and the seabed…
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Are CNRS sites havens for biodiversity?
At the end of May, the CNRS launched a pilot initiative at its Gif-sur-Yvette campus for the organisation’s ‘biodiversity observatory of CNRS sites’…
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Wildfires – science to the rescue
By 2100, wildfires will become a major risk in a France. In this context, the CNRS is providing insights into the risks at the interfaces between…
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