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When a porous solid retains its properties in liquid form
Known for their exceptional porosity that enables the trapping or transport of molecules, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) take the form of a powder,…
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Two CNRS 2017 Gold Medals awarded to physicists Alain Brillet and Thibault Damour
In 2017, the CNRS has awarded two Gold Medals, to the physicists Alain Brillet and Thibault Damour for their major contributions to the detection of…
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European XFEL: Europe's next-generation free-electron laser
The faster, more powerful European XFEL free-electron laserA free-electron laser (FEL) generates photons using electrons that are not bound to atoms…
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Electricity production: when enzymes rival platinum
Making a biocell that is as effective as a platinum fuel cell: that's the feat that researchers in the Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie…
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Navelbine® and Taxotere®: Histories of Sciences
Weaving history with chemistry, Navelbine® and Taxotere®: Histories of Sciences (ISTE Editions, June 2017) tells the story of two anticancer drugs…
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A new material for purifying natural gas
The fields of gas filtration and purification require materials whose porosity can be perfectly controlled. Zeolites, which are porous inorganic…
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When liquids turn to solids: the mystery of corn starch elucidated
Some particle suspensions, such as grains of starch in water that are liquid at rest, suddenly solidify when they are subjected to vigorous shearing…
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Electronic synapses that can learn: towards an artificial brain?
Researchers from the CNRS, Thales, and the Universities of Bordeaux, Paris-Sud, and Evry have created an artificial synapse capable of learning…
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Light-controlled gearbox for nanomachines
Rewarded with a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2016, nanomachines provide mechanical work on the smallest of scales. Yet at such small dimensions,…
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The world's first international race for molecule-cars, the Nanocar Race is on
Nanocars will compete for the first time ever during an international molecule-car race on April 28-29, 2017 in Toulouse (south-western France). The…
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