Étiquette : France

kit de presse Pierre Muzas editeur digital
24
Oct
2022
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One software, billions of possibilities

The combination of all the options offered by a software program can reach mind-boggling numbers, with several thousand digits. Research has developed tools to manage this variability as best as possible.

kit de presse Pierre Muzas editeur digital
21
Oct
2022
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Steganography: when content hides other content

Less known than cryptography, steganography is another means of secretly sending a message by hiding it within other content. CNRS News investigates.

kit de presse Pierre Muzas editeur digital
20
Oct
2022
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When microrobots manipulate cells

Robots measuring a few dozen micrometres are now capable of grasping, pushing, and even “feeling” cells! These astounding micromachines, designed at the French Institute for Intelligent Systems and Robotics, are already part of biomedical application p…

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10
Oct
2022
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Realities in the field are weaving the “New Silk Road”

A set of economic and commercial goals, dubbed the “New Silk Road”, is one of China’s flagship development projects. CNRS News takes an analytical look at a network that is more complex and less unilateral in practice than one might think.

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10
Oct
2022
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Mini-organs with maximum potential

For the past ten years or so, biologists have been cultivating miniature versions of our organs in vitro. By imitating their structure and functions, these so-called organoids open the way to numerous applications, including drug testing, personalised …

kit de presse Pierre Muzas editeur digital
04
Oct
2022
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Alain Aspect: Shedding new light on light and atoms

The CNRS physicist Alain Aspect has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2022, along with his colleagues John Francis Clauser, from the US, and Anton Zeilinger, from Austria, « for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bel…

kit de presse Pierre Muzas editeur digital
02
Oct
2022
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Hunting Martian auroras

Polar auroras are fascinating events that are regularly visible on Earth. Yet do they occur on other planets, such as Mars for example? And if so, how can they be observed? In this report, broadcast in partnership with the French daily Le Monde, scient…

kit de presse Pierre Muzas editeur digital
27
Sep
2022
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Walking with our ancestors

How did Australopitecus, Homo habilis and our other ancestors or « cousins » walk? To find out, the biomechanists and computer scientists from the HoBis project are modelling the movements of humans equipped with sensors, as well as baboons, who occasion…

kit de presse Pierre Muzas editeur digital
26
Sep
2022
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Meet the world’s fastest microrobot

It is an event that has shaken up the small world of robotics: a nanorobot named MiGriBot (Miniaturized Gripper Robot) just broke the world speed record for object manipulation. Behind this achievement is a French team led by Redwan Dahmouche.

kit de presse Pierre Muzas editeur digital
13
Sep
2022
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Making applications more energy-efficient

It is a genuine environmental problem: mobile applications seem to consume ever more energy. In Lille (northern France), the software science researcher Romain Rouvoy and his team are working to make these software programs more efficient.

kit de presse Pierre Muzas editeur digital
12
Sep
2022
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Art and the ages of life

A philosopher of art and language, Jean-Marie Schaeffer depicts the relationship between the arts and the different ages of life. Examining how the phases of human existence are represented in artworks, he traces the evolution of people’s relations wit…

kit de presse Pierre Muzas editeur digital
08
Sep
2022
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When glass and light make sparks

Like the light they conduct, optical fibres span a wide range of applications from telecommunications to medical sensors. On the occasion of the 2022 International Year of Glass, here’s an overview of advances in this field, in which scientists are par…

kit de presse Pierre Muzas editeur digital
26
Août
2022
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Artemis: To the Moon and beyond

It’s off to the Moon. 29 August was to mark the beginning of the Artemis space programme. These lunar exploration missions should lead to the return of a human crew to the Moon by 2027. The goal is to settle there for the long term, with the sights set…

kit de presse Pierre Muzas editeur digital
18
Août
2022
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AI rates the beauty of tropical fish

Researchers have trained an artificial intelligence (AI) system to assess the visual appeal of 2,400 species of coral reef fish and rockfish. The results show that the fish that we find “less attractive” are those with, collectively, the greatest varie…

kit de presse Pierre Muzas editeur digital
16
Août
2022
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Remediating soil and water with plants

She has just been awarded the 2022 European Inventor Award. Claude Grison, director of the ChimEco laboratory, has developed phytoremediation methods for decontaminating soil and water, using plants. Better still, the metals recovered serve as “green” …

kit de presse Pierre Muzas editeur digital
11
Août
2022
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French team tops RoboCup

The French RoboBreizh team won the main event at RoboCup 2022, the world’s most prestigious robotics tournament. It was in the « @Home » category, which focuses on home help, that the Brest team’s expertise in embedded programming made the difference.

22
Juil
2022
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The mysteries of the Cosquer cave

As the replica of the Cosquer cave opens its doors to the public in Marseille (southeastern France), Cyril Montoya, the cave’s scientific director, tells us about this marvel of prehistory, which is endangered by rising sea levels, and details the many…

20
Juil
2022
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The Internet, a disinformation highway?

« Be there. Will be wild! » exhorted Donald Trump on Twitter before the invasion of the Capitol on 6 January 2021, which was revisited in mid-June by an investigative committee. The former President had cried electoral fraud. Have fake news and the manip…

18
Juil
2022
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The little-known powers of our gut microbiota

With its 100,000 billion bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms, our intestinal microbiota is not just essential to our digestion. Research is now revealing its increasing influence on the immune system, growth, and conditions such as depression, d…

18
Juil
2022
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The Vel d’Hiv Roundup: Shedding new light on a French crime

Previously unexamined sources and archives have shed new light on what exactly happened in the streets of Paris 80 years ago during the Vel d’Hiv Roundup of 16-17 July, 1942. An analysis with historian Laurent Joly, author of a recently-published book …

12
Juil
2022
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« The James Webb Space Telescope images are extraordinary »

Today the American (NASA), European (ESA), and Canadian (CSA) space agencies released the first colour images and spectroscopic data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Coordinator of one of the first observation programmes involving the telesc…

12
Juil
2022
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Bigscience: a new language model for all

Open source and covering forty-six different languages, BigScience is a new artificial intelligence heavyweight offering natural language processing. Claire Gardent, a CNRS research professor at the LORIA and winner of the CNRS Silver Medal, who also s…

07
Juil
2022
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Jean-Marie Tarascon, energy prodigy

Jean-Marie Tarascon, Chair of Solid State Chemistry and Energy at the Collège de France, is the recipient of the 2022 CNRS Gold Medal, one of France’s highest scientific distinctions. He is world-renowned for his discoveries of new battery components w…

05
Juil
2022
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A Fields Medal for Hugo Duminil-Copin

The French mathematician is one of four winners of the most prestigious award in his discipline, announced this morning live from the International Congress of Mathematics (ICM). He is distinguished for his work in the field of probability, a rapidly e…

01
Juil
2022
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Gender power relations in mammals are less rigid than thought

Among mammals, what are the mechanisms that govern the relations of power between males and females? A review paper by an international scientific consortium challenges a number of preconceived notions: in many mammal societies there is an alternation …

24
Juin
2022
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Françoise Gaill, the voice of the oceans

A specialist in deep-sea ecosystems, marine biologist Françoise Gaill takes action on an international scale to protect the oceans through the Ocean & Climate Platform.

24
Juin
2022
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Greening data centres

Faced with the massive increase in the volume of information processed by data centres, Datazero research projects have been striving since 2015 to develop algorithms that can optimise their energy consumption and accessibility. The computer science re…

23
Juin
2022
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The laboratory comet

The aim of several scientists is to trace the changes of a comet during its journey through the Solar System by reproducing the thermal and light characteristics of the cosmos in the laboratory. This will enable them to understand where the elements th…

22
Juin
2022
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Famed paleontologist Yves Coppens has died

The co-discoverer of Lucy, who joined the CNRS in 1956, died this month at the age of 87.

21
Juin
2022
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Construction, a future worksite for mechanics

How can a building’s structure be optimised in order to adhere to exacting security standards, all while reducing its environmental impact? This is the challenge faced by scientists in the highly-active field of mechanics.

20
Juin
2022
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Plants adopt new strategies to survive in cities

Whether between paving stones, on the edges of pavements, or along walls, wild plants are surreptitiously settling in cities. They can even adapt to the urban environment through genetic evolution, explains the ecologist Pierre-Olivier Cheptou.

16
Juin
2022
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The CNRS 2022 Innovation Medal laureates

Jacques Marteau, Pierre Nassoy, Denis Spitzer, and Céline Vallot are the four laureates of the CNRS 2022 Innovation Medal. This distinction honours personalities whose exceptional research work has led to significant technological, economic, therapeuti…

12
Juin
2022
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IA leads the charge against multiple sclerosis

Artificial intelligence may enable earlier diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis, an incurable disease that attacks the central nervous system. This could improve the efficacy of treatments designed to slow its progression.

09
Juin
2022
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Biomechanics off to a flying start in BMX racing

BMX racing, which has been an Olympic sport since 2008, is the cycling event that requires to apply the greatest force to pedals. Researchers at the Pprime Institute were approached to help competitors and their trainers better assess their movements a…

23
Mai
2022
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Feeling virtual reality at last

« Imagine stepping into a virtual world, walking through an orchard. You want to pick an apple, and when you grab it, you can feel it in your hand, as if it were real. Transforming the world of virtual reality into a truly tactile experience is the aim …

23
Mai
2022
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Sustainable cities to fight climate change

One of the five main objectives of the EU’s Horizon Europe research programme is to see 100 cities attain carbon neutrality by 2030. Christophe Ménézo, a specialist in photovoltaic solar energy, explains how research is taking up the challenge.