CNRS is organising conferences, workshops and film-discussions about the brain throughout France during the Brain Awareness Week from 10 to 16 March 2025. This is a great opportunity to present you with an overview of research on this intriguing object!

On International Women's Rights Day, CNRS Images features the women who are advancing research at the highest level, in all scientific fields.

CNRS and IFREMER have been tasked with organizing the One Ocean Science Congress (OOSC), a UNOC3 Special Event dedicated to Science, and to provide Heads of State, Government, and the broader society, with comprehensive scientific insights on the Ocean's health.

Since the 20th century, quantum physics has enabled a series of technological innovations that have revolutionised our daily lives (transistor, laser, etc.). Nowadays, research focuses on quantum computers, simulators and sensors as well as spintronics.

Matter on a macroscopic scale still holds many discoveries in the field of soft matter, new materials (graphene, metamaterials, etc.) and the study of collective behaviour (active matter).

Nanosciences and nanotechnologies are revolutionising research by handling matter on a nanometric scale, close to the atom. They open up innovative prospects in various fields, including materials, medicine, electronics and energy.

In recent decades, research in the field of physics has made significant progress in the field of light-matter interaction. So-called “extreme” lasers have opened up new prospects for science and technology.

Energy research is at the heart of present and future societal challenges. Their challenges are to meet the growing demand for energy, move towards cleaner and more sustainable sources, reduce environmental impacts and make energy available for all.

Physics plays an essential part in understanding the mechanisms of life and also has applications in the field of medicine, providing cutting-edge diagnostic and therapy tools.

Nuclear and particle physics study the infinitesimal constituents of matter and their interactions. Scientists are exploring their origin, their nature, their properties and the fundamental mechanisms that form the structure of the matter in the world around us.