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Where did the antimatter go? Neutrinos shed promising new light.
We live in a world of matter – because matter overtook antimatter, though they were both created in equal amounts by the Big Bang when our universe…
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Mystery solved! We finally understand the origin of the colours in the first colour photographs
A palette of colours on a silver plate: that is what the world’s first colour photograph looks like. It was taken by French physicist Edmond…
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The colours of the Pachacamac idol, an Inca God, finally revealed
Researchers from the CNRS, Sorbonne Université, université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle and the Musée du Quai…
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What happens to gold nanoparticles in cells?
Gold nanoparticles, which are supposed to be stable in biological environments, can be degraded inside cells. This research conducted by teams from…
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Why is ice so slippery?
The answer lies in a film of water that is generated by friction, one that is far thinner than expected and much more viscous than usual water…
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Portable electronics: a stretchable and flexible biofuel cell that runs on sweat
A unique new flexible and stretchable device, worn against the skin and capable of producing electrical energy by transforming the compounds present…
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A new cutting-edge microscope inaugurated at the CEMES-CNRS
The Centre d'élaboration de matériaux et d'études structurales (CEMES) of the CNRS recently developed an innovative method to study the properties of…
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