The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the results of its call for proposals for the "ERC Consolidator Grant 2016," which rewards researchers noted for their excellence and who have 7 to…
CNRS once again confirms its role as a key player in innovation on a worldwide scale: the institution appears on the list released by Clarivate of the Top 100 Global Innovators 2024. One of very few…
The mathematician Claire Voisin has just been awarded the Crafoord and Frontiers of Knowledge prizes for 2024 which add to the long list of distinctions she has been awarded throughout her career.
In the pursuit of its missions, each year the CNRS recruits a large number of researchers for permanent positions. They are selected through competitive entrance examinations based on criteria of…
Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz from Switzerland have been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery in 1995 of the first exoplanet at the Observatoire de Haute-Provence (OHP), a…
Asteroid 2015 BZ509 is the very first object in the Solar System shown to have an extrasolar origin. This remarkable discovery was made by CNRS researcher Fathi Namouni and her Brazilian colleague…
On November 18th and 19th the second edition of the National Open Science Days were held in Paris which gave Antoine Petit, CNRS Chairman and CEO, the opportunity to present the organisation’s…
The world's major cities, such as New York, London, and Tokyo, are losing their predominant position in the production and circulation of scientific articles, according to a study carried out by the…
The European Research Council (ERC) has just announced the results of the "ERC Advanced grant 2021" call for established researchers. The CNRS is the host institution for 12 grants.
Common assumptions notwithstanding, rare species can play unique and essential ecological roles. After studying two databases that together cover all known terrestrial mammals and birds…
