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New detoxification pathway for mercury in penguins
An international team of scientists led by ESRF and CNRS scientists, the European Synchrotron, Grenoble, France, has found that emperor penguins…
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1,100 km in Antarctica to better understand the evolution of the ice cap
The physical processes behind cloud formation and snow precipitation above the Antarctic ice cap remain poorly understood. Co-directed by the…
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H.E.S.S. collaboration detects the most energetic cosmic-ray electrons and positrons ever observed
H.E.S.S. operates a five-telescope site in Namibia for the study of cosmic-ray sources emitting high-energy gamma rays. The main contributors…
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France 2030: the CNRS and Inserm have launched a programme to understand how cells choose their fate and sometimes go awry
A human organism consists of more than 35 billion cells, all of which come from a single initial cell. This cell multiplies, with each of its…
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Quandela, the CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay and Université Paris Cité join forces to accelerate research and innovation in quantum photonics
Quantum photonics, or the art of controlling light in the quantum regime, should revolutionise data processing and security, with an impact across a…
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The origin of most meteorites finally revealed
Understanding where shooting stars and meteorites come from is a question that scientists have been trying to answer since ancient times.Until…
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