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The dinosaur menu, as revealed by calcium
By studying calcium in fossil remains in deposits in Morocco and Niger, researchers have been able to reconstruct the food chains of the past, thus…
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Cheaper, less toxic and recyclable light absorbers for hydrogen production
Mimicking photosynthesis in plants, using light to convert stable and abundant molecules like water and CO2 into a high energy fuel (hydrogen)…
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ERC Advanced Grants: CNRS in the lead among European institutions
The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the recipients of its 2017 Advanced Grants, awarded to experienced male and female researchers well…
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The largest catalog ever published of very high energy gamma ray sources in the Galaxy
The HESS international collaboration, to which CNRS and CEA contribute, has published the results of fifteen years of gamma ray observations of the…
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Eating less enables lemurs to live longer
Chronic caloric restriction strongly increases the lifespan of a small primate, the grey mouse lemur. This is one of the results of a ten-year…
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Momentum: CNRS issues second call for proposals from young male and female researchers
The CNRS is issuing its second Momentum call for proposals from young male and female researchers around the world, to support their projects in…
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The great acceleration reaches new heights
An international team of researchersIncluding Damien Georges, researcher at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and post-doctorate…
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Artificial molecules that mimic DNA
Not only can synthetic molecules imitate the structures of their biological counterparts, they can also assume their functions and even outcompete…
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Polymers that mimic chameleon skin
Biological tissues have complex mechanical properties – soft-yet-strong, tough-yet-flexible – that are difficult to reproduce using synthetic…
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BIABooster: a more sensitive device for characterizing DNA in blood circulation
Developed and patentedPatents PCT/EP2015/067826 and WO/2014/020271. in 2012 and 2014 in the Laboratoire d'Analyse et d'Architecture des Systèmes …
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