CNRS Chairman & CEO Antoine Petit has named Lionel Buchaillot to lead the CNRS’s Institute for Engineering and Systems Sciences (INSIS), effective 1 March 2022. He will succeed Jean-Yves Marzin,…
The sixth mass extinction seems to rally and involve people much less than the combat against global warming. As a major biodiversity research stakeholder, the CNRS and its structures do their utmost…
Commercial whaling is believed to have started with Basque whalers ca. 1000 AD, ultimately resulting in the extirpation of right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) and gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus)…
The European Research Council (ERC) has just announced the results of the "ERC Advanced grant 2022" call for established researchers. With 12 grants, the CNRS is the most endowed host institution.
The CNRS Gold Medal, which was created in 1954, recognises scientific careers that have made exceptional contributions to the dynamism and influence of French…
