Neanderthal human occupations on the Chartres plateau (Eure-et-Loir)
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. Studies carried out on this lithic material have revealed convincing and as yet unpublished evidence of Neanderthal human occupation of the plateau west of Chartres during a late phase of the Middle Paleolithic.
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.
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.
Post-traumatic stress: brain plasticity, a key mechanism for trauma resilience
The Remember project provides new insights into post-traumatic stress disorder © Inserm.
Performance of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus surveillance in vaccinated farms
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
Healthy food purchasing: what role do pricing policies and nutrition labelling play?
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. The study was published on December 19 in the Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization.
An ancient villa in Pernant (Aisne)
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 .
Knitting, an everyday metamaterial
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.
A major advance in the management of avian influenza epidemics: a digital tool for better tracking of infected farms
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
Co-management of protected areas by NGOs and African countries helps reduce deforestation
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.
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