A new International Research Centre promises to bolster existing ties between the CNRS and Imperial College London. In this exclusive interview, Professor Alice Gast, President of Imperial…
The fossil of an unusual shark specimen reminiscent of manta rays sheds light on morphological diversity in Cretaceous sharks. This plankton feeder was discovered in Mexico and analysed by an…
As visitors proceed through the fully immersive CNRS exhibit ‘Antarctica, a laboratory of the future’, inside the France Pavilion, they are in turn delighted by a constellation of unfamiliar sounds…
The faster, more powerful European XFEL free-electron laserA free-electron laser (FEL) generates photons using electrons that are not bound to atoms. It emits intense, coherent light across a wide…
After two and a half years navigating the Pacific, where over 40% of our planet's coral reefs are found, the schooner Tara returned to Lorient, its home port in Brittany, on October 27. Led by the…
From 7 December 2019 to 25 January 2020, a team of scientists from France (CNRS and Université Grenoble Alpes) and Italy (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto Nazionale Geofisica e…
Surprising images from the Rosetta spacecraft show the presence of dune-like patterns on the surface of comet Chury. Researchers at the Laboratoire de Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Hétérogènes …
The micro-alga Symbiodinium, the main source of energy for the construction of coral reefs, which are home to more than a third of marine biodiversity, is found outside reefs in the world's main…
Full steam ahead toward the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26)!
On October 25, Ifremer, the CNRS and the IRD, with support from the Ocean & Climate Platform and ESA…
