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What the pupils tells us about language
The meaning of a word is enough to trigger a reaction in our pupil: when we read or hear a word with a meaning associated with luminosity (“sun,” …
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Creation of a French-Mexican international joint unit in mathematics
The CNRS and its Mexican partners, the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT),…
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Audibility range of first whales
The hearing organ of the earliest whales, or protocetids, has been digitally reconstructed by paleontologists from the Institut des sciences de l…
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The secrets of tooth calcium revealed
Two studies on calcium isotopesIsotopes are atoms that have the same number of protons and electrons but a different number of neutrons, which gives…
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From context to cortex: Discovering social neurons
The existence of new “social” neurons has just been demonstrated by scientists from the Institut de neurosciences des systèmes (Aix-Marseille…
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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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A new approach to forecasting solar flares?
The emerging discipline of space meteorology aims to reliably predict solar flares so that we may better guard against their effects. Using 3D…
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Sound projection: Are Stradivarius violins really better?
Researchers at the Institut Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (CNRS/UPMC) have shown that recently-made violins have better sound projection Sound projection…
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Does global warming threaten the gut microbiota?
The deleterious effects of climate change on bacterial species composing the gut microbiotaThe gut microbiota is the community of microorganisms…
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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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