Certain food additive mixtures may be associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes
Health - Apr 8
Food additive mixtures are an everyday feature of our diets, especially through ultra-processed foods. Until recently, safety evaluations of these additives have been conducted substance by substance due to a lack of data on the effect of them ingested together. In a new study, researchers from Inserm, INRAE, Sorbonne Paris Nord University, Paris Cité University and Cnam, as part of the Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team (CRESS-EREN), examined the possible links between exposure to mixtures of commonly consumed food additives and the onset of type 2 diabetes.
Environment - Mar 31
One of the most widely used fungicides in agriculture harms bird reproduction
A French team coordinated by a CNRS 1 scientist has highlighted the harmful impact of chronic exposure to tebuconazole, one of the fungicides most widely used in agriculture in Europe, on sparrow reproduction.
Astronomy & Space - Mar 25
Organic molecules of unprecedented size discovered on Mars
The longest organic molecules identified to date on Mars have recently been detected by scientists from the CNRS 1 , together with their colleagues from France, the United States of America, Mexico and Spain.
Environment - Feb 27
Climate change in Europe: what impact on Neanderthals?
The report on the interdisciplinary research carried out by researchers from Aix Marseille University and CNRS at the Laboratoire méditerranéen de préhistoire Europe (AMU/CNRS/Ministère de la Culture)
Astronomy & Space - Apr 21
The chemical basis for life can form in interstellar ice
The molecules involved in a chemical process that is essential for cell function and the appearance of life on Earth (also known as the Krebs cycle 1 ) can form in interstellar ice.
Innovation - Apr 1
Addressing the challenges of a society in transition: the CNRS at VivaTech!
O A key actor in the emergence of innovation with a deep societal impact, the CNRS is returning for the sixth time to the VivaTechnology trade fair.
Health - Mar 30
Artificial intelligence in the prevention of sudden death
Many cases of sudden cardiac death could be avoided thanks to artificial intelligence.
History & Archeology - Mar 5
The standardised production of bone tools by our ancestors pushed back one million years
Twenty-seven standardised bone tools dating back more than 1.5 million years were recently discovered in the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania by a team of scientists from the CNRS and l'université de Bordeaux 1 , in collaboration with international and Tanzanian researchers.
Health - Feb 26
Macrophages: The immune system foodies
Mouse macrophages visualized using confocal microscopy, showing the nuclei (blue) and the actin network (orange).
Sport - Apr 16
ENS-IISER partnership - Naman’s experience at CIRI
As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Naman ARORA, completed his six-month internship at CIRI under the supervision of Saïdi M HOMA SOUDJA in collaboration with Stéphane PAUL's lab in Saint-Etienne.
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Health - Agronomy / Food Science - 08.04.2025
Food additive mixtures are an everyday feature of our diets, especially through ultra-processed foods. Until recently, safety evaluations of these additives have been conducted substance by substance due to a lack of data on the effect of them ingested together. In a new study, researchers from Inserm, INRAE, Sorbonne Paris Nord University, Paris Cité University and Cnam, as part of the Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team (CRESS-EREN), examined the possible links between exposure to mixtures of commonly consumed food additives and the onset of type 2 diabetes.
Environment - 31.03.2025
A French team coordinated by a CNRS 1 scientist has highlighted the harmful impact of chronic exposure to tebuconazole, one of the fungicides most widely used in agriculture in Europe, on sparrow reproduction. The results of this research, published in the journal Environmental Research , reveal a direct link between exposure to this fungicide and abnormal growth in sparrow chicks, as well as higher mortality in these young birds, particularly females.
Health - Innovation - 30.03.2025
Artificial intelligence in the prevention of sudden death
Many cases of sudden cardiac death could be avoided thanks to artificial intelligence. As part of a new study to be published in European Heart Journal, a network of artificial neurons imitating the human brain was developed by researchers from Inserm, Paris Cité University and the Paris public hospitals group (AP-HP), in collaboration with their colleagues in the USA.
Astronomy / Space - Chemistry - 25.03.2025
The longest organic molecules identified to date on Mars have recently been detected by scientists from the CNRS 1 , together with their colleagues from France, the United States of America, Mexico and Spain. These long carbon chains, containing up to 12 consecutive carbon atoms, could exhibit features similar to the fatty acids produced on Earth by biological activity 2 .
History / Archeology - 05.03.2025
Twenty-seven standardised bone tools dating back more than 1.5 million years were recently discovered in the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania by a team of scientists from the CNRS and l'université de Bordeaux 1 , in collaboration with international and Tanzanian researchers. This discovery challenges our understanding of early hominin technological evolution, as the oldest previously known standardised bone tools date back approximately 500,000 years.
Environment - Paleontology - 27.02.2025
The report on the interdisciplinary research carried out by researchers from Aix Marseille University and CNRS at the Laboratoire méditerranéen de préhistoire Europe (AMU/CNRS/Ministère de la Culture) and the Anthropologie bio-culturelle, Droit, Ethique et Santé laboratory (AMU/CNRS/Etablissement francais du sang), and froma laboratory at the University of Reading, UK (National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Department of Meteorology), has just been published on February 26, 2025 in the prestigious journal PLOS ONE .
Health - Life Sciences - 26.02.2025
Mouse macrophages visualized using confocal microscopy, showing the nuclei (blue) and the actin network (orange). Mónica Fernández Monreal, Bordeaux Imaging Center Macrophages, key cells of the immune system, play a central role in cleaning the body by ingesting and destroying pathogens (bacteria, viruses, etc.) and damaged cells.
Environment - Earth Sciences - 19.02.2025
Since 2000, the world's glaciers have lost 5% of their initial volume, and 273 billion tonnes of ice are disappearing every year - the equivalent of 3 Olympic swimming pools per second. These are the results of an in-depth study of the global evolution of glaciers (excluding the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets) between 2000 and 2023, based for the first time on a combination of field measurements and satellite observations.
Astronomy / Space - Physics - 12.02.2025
First detection of an ultra-high-energy neutrino
An extraordinary event consistent with a neutrino with an estimated energy of about 220 PeV (220 x 1015 electron volts or 220 million billion electron volts), was detected on February 13, 2023, by the ARCA detector of the kilometre cubic neutrino telescope (KM3NeT) in the deep sea. This event, named KM3-230213A, is the most energetic neutrino ever observed and provides the first evidence that neutrinos of such high energies are produced in the Universe.
History / Archeology - 07.02.2025
In response to a request from the French government, and following a diagnostic study carried out in 2017, which revealed numerous flint remains, Inrap and Chartres Métropole carried out an excavation at the Enclos site (1500 m²), in Mainvilliers, west of Chartres.
Health - Life Sciences - 04.02.2025
Lou Gehrig’s disease or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: sleep alterations occurs prior to motor symptoms
Motoneurones (stained by immunohistochemistry for ChAT) of the lumbar section of the spinal cord in ALS mouse models. Scale 100 mm © Simon J Guillot, Daniel Beckett ,Matei Bolborea Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Charcot's disease, or Lou Gehrig's disease is a severe neurodegenerative disease that leads to progressive paralysis of muscles involved in voluntary movement.
History / Archeology - 23.01.2025
5 km west of Soissons, in the commune of Pernant (Aisne), an excavation carried out from August to December 2024 uncovered part of an ancient villa .
Physics - 15.01.2025
Knitwear, a metamaterial of every day
A researcher from the Physics Laboratory at ENS de Lyon "unravels knitwear" to turn it into a research subject. This article made the front page of the latest Pop Sciences newsletter. Written by Martin Koppe for the CNRS, the article honours Audrey Steinberger and her subject, which might be considered "exotic": knitwear.
Materials Science - Physics - 13.01.2025
Light, soft, resistant, deformable and sometimes ugly, knitwear is not just an everyday object; it's also a metamaterial whose extraordinary properties are of great interest to physicists. While physics research is often associated with such gigantic technical infrastructures as the LHC, it also sometimes takes an interest in everyday objects.
Life Sciences - Health - 08.01.2025
Post-traumatic stress: brain plasticity, a key mechanism for trauma resilience
The Remember project provides new insights into post-traumatic stress disorder © Inserm Following a shocking, dangerous or frightening experience, such as a terrorist attack, many people develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In order to improve its management, numerous scientific studies are examining the neurobiological processes underlying the development of this disorder.
Health - 08.01.2025
Scientists from Toulouse's UMR IHAP (INRAE/ENVT) and the Netherlands' Wageningen Bioveterinary Research have developed a new tool for optimizing contact tracing in infected farms. This was published in the Journal Royal Society Interface on January 8, 2025 . Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is a major threat to domestic poultry, causing considerable economic losses and requiring rapid intervention to limit its spread.
Health - 06.01.2025
A study published in the international journal Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) by Toulouse-based scientists from UMR IHAP (INRAE/ENVT) demonstrates that enhanced event-based surveillance, based on weekly sampling of ducks found dead, is the most effective strategy for rapidly detecting the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus in duck farms vaccinated against HPAI.
Environment - 03.01.2025
In order to better protect ecosystems and biodiversity, several African countries have set up innovative management models in which protected areas are co-managed by government bodies and international or national NGOs through partnerships that can span several decades. An international research team, led by INRAE and involving Le Havre University, reviews this collaborative management model in 127 partnerships covering almost 1 million square kilometres.
Agronomy / Food Science - 20.12.2024
Do price and display policies encourage consumers to make healthier food purchases - Does the coupling of these policies make them more effective - Researchers at INRAE have studied the separate effects of these two policies on the nutritional quality of food baskets. Through an experimental study, they show that price and nutrition labelling policies have no additive effects.
Life Sciences - Chemistry - 16.12.2024
To fight the virus that causes influenza, one of the avenues being explored by scientists is the development of drugs capable of destabilising its genome, made up of eight RNA 1 molecules.
