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A call for projects to explore health, innovation and climate change from the standpoint of gender
The GENDER-NET Plus consortium, composed of 16 partners in 13 countries and coordinated by the CNRS, is calling for proposals for research to explore…
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A French nano satellite to unveil the mysteries of Beta Pictoris
PicSat will be launched into Earth orbit on 12 January 2018 to study the star Beta Pictoris, its exoplanet and its famous debris disk, thanks to a…
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Discovery of a 4,000-year-old military network in northern Syria
The discovery of more than a thousand sites in Syria has revised our understanding of the settlement of the steppes during all periods in the history…
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Discovery of world's oldest plesiosaur
While dinosaurs reigned on dry land and in the sky, other reptiles populated the seas and oceans. Of the latter, plesiosaurs, whose means of…
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Bronze Age artifacts used meteoric iron
You may already be surprised to hear there are iron objects dating back to the Bronze Age, but their meteorite origin is even more astonishing…
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New early signals to quantify the magnitude of strong earthquakes
After an earthquake, there is a disturbance in the field of gravity almost instantaneously. This could be recorded before the seismic waves that…
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Dyslexia: when spelling problems impair writing acquisition
Dyslexia is a learning difficulty which affects the ability to adopt the automatic reflexes needed to read and write. Several studies have sought to…
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A start-up for much faster batteries
Two years after the first battery prototype using sodium ionsFor more information, see http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2659.htm in a standard industrial…
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New AGLAÉ: A global benchmark for preserving heritage
To solve mysteries about ancient works or authenticate heritage objects, specialists often need support from science. Since 1988, AGLAÉ has been…
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Towards better understanding of railway ballast
SNCF engineers have been using mathematical models for many years to simulate the dynamic behavior of railways. These models have not been able to…
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