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The winners of 2025 ERC Starting Grants from the CNRS
The European Research Council (ERC) has just announced the winners of its 'Starting' grants which provide substantial funding for projects involving…
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Le Journal
Medicine goes viral
Few weapons are available to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which continue to cause millions of deaths. However, scientists are currently…
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Fabrice Boudjaaba appointed Director of CNRS Humanities & Social Sciences
Antoine Petit, the CNRS Chairman and CEO, has appointed Fabrice Boudjaaba as Director of CNRS Humanities & Social Sciences effective 1 September…
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Animal domestication: a key mutation behind horse-based mobility identified
Scientists knew that horses were first domesticated began during the third millennium BCE. Yet, the exact nature of the genetic modifications that…
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Le Journal
Giants with feet of clay
The disappearance of non-avian dinosaurs didn’t mark the end of giant organisms in the living world. From enormous mammals to oversized insects and…
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Photography, at the frontier between science and art
International Photography Day celebrates the first daguerreotype in 1839. Discover our archives on the first photographic processes, the diversity of…
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Le Journal
Sharks fall prey to "Jaws"
Steven Spielberg’s "Jaws" is back in cinemas worldwide 50 years after its original release. The specialist Éric Clua talks about the negative image…
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'VéloClimat' – science in the saddle
A participatory science bicycle expedition in mid-July from Morbihan to Rotterdam aimed to measure the impact of global warming on cycling and…
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Llama antibodies: new therapeutic avenues against schizophrenia
Nanobodies were recently generated from llama antibodies to target a key brain receptor involved in schizophrenia.Injected peripherally, these…
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