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Sleeping in cold blood
Researchers have revealed the existence of an infraslow physiological rhythm during sleep in reptiles. The discovery sheds light on the evolution of…
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First ever live observation of the rotation of a planetary nursery
The rotation of a protoplanetary disc (a disc where planets are being formed) has been observed directly for the very first time by mapping the…
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Ecology, Environment and Biodiversity week
From 19 to 23 May, the CNRS is organising Ecology, Environment and Biodiversity Week, to bring together researchers, partners and local players to…
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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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Rebel with a cause
Sophie Germain’s name will soon be engraved on the Eiffel Tower. A brilliant self-taught mathematician, she had to fight throughout her life to gain…
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"Fires and cities: the resilience of the wildland-urban interface to wildfires in the context of climate change"
The Fires and Cities Collective Scientific Expert Review (ESCo) is a CNRS initiative that provides an overview of international scientific knowledge…
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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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The fourth cohort of CNRS Fellow-Ambassadors is made up of leading figures from the world scientific community
From the Turing Prize to the Nobel Prize, from immunology to the history of cinema - the CNRS is welcoming a new cohort of 'Fellow-Ambassadors' whose…
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Le Journal
Slaves to parasites
The extraordinary odyssey of toxoplasmosis, a parasite that manipulates its hosts to turn them into cat food.
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