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©François Aurat _ Fondation Tara Ocean
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Life
Environment

The Tara Oceans mission reveals variations in plankton biodiversity and activity from the equator to the poles

New results from the Tara Oceans expedition, led by a collaboration between the Tara Ocean Foundation and teams from the CNRS, EMBL, CEA, Sorbonne…

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Life
Environment

Plants borrowed genes from bacteria in order to conquer land

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J.-D Strich, CNRS, CEPAM et I.Rodet-Belarbi, Inrap, CEPAM
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Society
Environment

World’s oldest glue used from prehistoric times till the days of the Gauls

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Environment

What future do emperor penguins face?

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© Benit et al./PLOS ONE/CNRS Photothèque
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Life
Health

SDHI pesticides are toxic for human cells

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Engineering
Matter

Why is ice so slippery?

The answer lies in a film of water that is generated by friction, one that is far thinner than expected and much more viscous than usual water…

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© Nicolas Coltice
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Earth

What makes the Earth’s surface move?

Do tectonic plates move because of motion in the Earth’s mantle, or is the mantle driven by the movement of the plates? Or could it be that this…

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Micrograph of Trichodesmium, which traps molecular nitrogen (N2) using the iron abundantly available in its environment.© S. Bonnet
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Life
Environment

TONGA Project: Studying the impact of submarine volcanoes on biological activity at the ocean surface

An international team of 29 researchers will plough Pacific waters between Nouméa and the Tonga volcanic arc from 1 November to 5 December 2019…

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© Emmanuel PERRIN/CRCA/CNRS Photothèque
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Life

Ants: Jam-free traffic champions

Whether they occur on holiday routes or the daily commute, traffic jams affect cars as well as pedestrians. Scientists at the Research Center on…

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Life
Health

A new discovery! How our memories stabilise while we sleep

Scientists at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology (CNRS/Collège de France/INSERM)An associate member of the Université PSL, since…

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