#CNRSnews 📰 On the eve of National Cheese Day in France, many raw milk cheeses including Roquefort and Camembert could disappear, due to standardised production procedures and the reduction of the micro-organisms involved in their fermentation 🧀
#CNRSnews 📰 Candida albicans, a natural fungus in the body, can cause fatal infections. Scientists have elucidated how it becomes pathogenic, paving the way for therapies to treat these increasingly drug-resistant contaminations.
#CNRSNews 📰 The human body uses an arsenal of defences to resist the cold: muscle contraction, vasoconstriction to protect the vital organs, and thermogenesis to supply the energy needed for cellular functions, are the strategies deployed in low temperatures ❄️
#CNRSNews 📰 A century after the death of the French astronomer Camille Flammarion, a look back at the scientific achievements, enabled by physics, that have since turned astronomy into astrophysics, thereby greatly improving our knowledge of the Universe 🌌
#CNRSNews 📰 Scientists have set up standards for marine CO2 removal, which could enable extra oceanic storage of carbon dioxide and its recovery as carbonate or biomass. Yet further research is needed prior to large-scale implementation
#CNRSNews 📰 Foresight is a precious transdisciplinary, analytical tool based on digital models that explores multiple scenarios over the long term. It helps scientists anticipate the future so as to guide research and policy-making, and build adapted strategies. 🚀
#CNRSnews 📰 Energy transition is a myth, based on the misconception that energy sources were replaced by “cleaner” alternatives over the past 200 years. Carbon emissions have actually increased, hence the need for better informed strategies to fight global warming
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#CNRSnews 📰 Fifty years after its release, Jaws is back in cinemas worldwide. The negative image of sharks it conveys dies hard, although most specimens are harmless to humans. Identifying “rogue” individuals is therefore more efficient than mass culling
#CNRSNews 📰 Bats resist many viruses, as their immune system has developed a mechanism between tolerance and antiviral control. Yet their defences remain active thanks to interferons and the KPR and GBP5 proteins. A chance to better understand our own defences. 🦇
#CNRSnews 📰 The chemical revolution of the early 20th century was a golden age for painters with the rising number of pigments available. Scientists are scrutinising Robert Delaunay’s colours, especially his purples, in an effort to conserve his works 🎨🖌️
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#CNRSnews 🗞️ The CNRS mathematician and computer scientist Stéphane Mallat receives the CNRS 2025 Gold Medal for his achievements in applied maths and signal processing, including the JPEG 2000 image compression standard and mathematical foundations of AI.
#CNRSnews 📰 Over 40 years after the first cases of AIDS emerged, a CNRS researcher retraces the scientific, political, social, and economic history of globalisation’s first pandemic, and warns of the consequences of a US suspension of anti-AIDS funding
#CNRSnews 📰 Springtime respiratory allergies are a plague for sufferers this time of the year. A CNRS researcher explains the many reasons behind this phenomenon, its workings, and the potential avenues towards improved treatment
#CNRSNews 📰 A previously unpublished sonnet by Cervantes, recently discovered in an account of Neapolitan festivals, reveals the exceptional socio-professional status of the author of "Don Quixote" in the Renaissance.💰
#CNRSnews 📰 An international team including CNRS physicists developed a model that explains the mechanism behind the formation of sand patches. Their findings could eventually be used to investigate the characteristics of the wind and atmosphere on Mars 🪐
#CNRSnews 📰 Energy transition is a myth, based on the misconception that energy sources were replaced by “cleaner” alternatives over the past 200 years. Carbon emissions have actually increased, hence the need for better informed strategies to fight global warming
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#CNRSnews 📰 The Musée de la Musique in Paris is offering a new display of its 9,000 music instruments from around the world that highlights the connections between different cultures. A not-to-be missed exhibition is also being held until 31st August. 🎶
#CNRSnews 📰 Fifty years after its release, Jaws is back in cinemas worldwide. The negative image of sharks it conveys dies hard, although most specimens are harmless to humans. Identifying “rogue” individuals is therefore more efficient than mass culling
#CNRSnews 📰 Dinosaurs aren’t the only giants to have inhabited Earth. Others (vertebrates, insects, and plants) succeeded them. Despite their size, they were vulnerable to environmental crises. And today’s last giants may fall victim to global warming
#CNRSnews 🗞️ The CNRS mathematician and computer scientist Stéphane Mallat receives the CNRS 2025 Gold Medal for his achievements in applied maths and signal processing, including the JPEG 2000 image compression standard and mathematical foundations of AI.
#CNRSnews 📰 A pioneer in plate tectonics, the American cartographer Marie Tharp was long left in the shadows, to the benefit of male colleagues. 🧭 She only received long-overdue recognition in the 1990s for evidencing the continental drift theory
#CNRSnews 📰 The chemical revolution of the early 20th century was a golden age for painters with the rising number of pigments available. Scientists are scrutinising Robert Delaunay’s colours, especially his purples, in an effort to conserve his works 🎨🖌️
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#CNRSnews 📰 The recently-released film The Resident explores the relationship between humans and AI. The humanisation of AI systems can lead to emotional dependency if not manipulation, hence the need to set limits, control AI applications and protect users’ privacy
#CNRSNews 📰 Megafires in North America impact air quality in Europe as the smoke they release, carried by the atmospheric circulation system, takes only a few days to cross the Atlantic. The various pollutants it contains have been spotted as far away as Germany. 🔥
#CNRSNews 📰 The creation of national parks in Africa, initiated by European settlers in the late 19th century and encouraged ever since by international conservation experts, is detrimental to local populations, wildlife and the environment outside protected areas 🐘
#CNRSNews 📰 A previously unpublished sonnet by Cervantes, recently discovered in an account of Neapolitan festivals, reveals the exceptional socio-professional status of the author of "Don Quixote" in the Renaissance.💰
#CNRSnews 📰 Energy transition is a myth, based on the misconception that energy sources were replaced by “cleaner” alternatives over the past 200 years. Carbon emissions have actually increased, hence the need for better informed strategies to fight global warming
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#CNRSnews 📰 Expanding phytoplankton blooms in world waters are home to microalgae 🌱 that release toxins causing biodiversity loss 🐟 and severe skin conditions in humans. Yet a form of adaptation could develop against this anthropogenic, climate change-induced scourge
#CNRSnews 📰 Novel data analysis methods, the development of high-performance next-generation instruments, and the huge amount of data from large surveys could eventually help solve the origins of our Universe and go back in time as far as the Big Bang. 🔭
#CNRSnews 📰 Over 40 years after the first cases of AIDS emerged, a CNRS researcher retraces the scientific, political, social, and economic history of globalisation’s first pandemic, and warns of the consequences of a US suspension of anti-AIDS funding
