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Environment - Life Sciences - 10.07.2023
Mission Bougainville: scientists and soldiers commit to marine biodiversity
To preserve the ocean, we need to know who is living there. They are made up of tens of billions of microorganisms known as the oceanic microbiome.

Career - Life Sciences - 26.06.2023

Life Sciences - Health - 24.05.2023
Brain Computer Interface (BCI) enables thought-controlled walking after spinal cord injury
Brain Computer Interface (BCI) enables thought-controlled walking after spinal cord injury
Neuroscientists and neurosurgeons from EPFL/CHUV/UNIL and CEA/CHUGA/UGA report in the journal Nature that they have re-established the communication between the brain and spinal cord with a wireless digital bridge, allowing a paralyzed person to walk again naturally.

Life Sciences - Research Management - 22.05.2023

Health - Life Sciences - 04.05.2023
The intestine as a remedy to aging
The intestine as a remedy to aging
This research offers prospects for counteracting age-related conditions, cancer, and neurodegenerative diseases.

Event - Life Sciences - 31.03.2023

Life Sciences - Career - 30.03.2023
Teva Vernoux, recipient of an ERC Advanced Grant 2022
Among the ERC Advanced Grant 2022 grantees: TEMPO, Teva Vernoux' proposal. On Thursday, March 30, the European Research Council (ERC) announced the grantees of the prestigious Advanced Grant.

Event - Life Sciences - 23.03.2023

Psychology - Life Sciences - 20.03.2023

Health - Life Sciences - 06.12.2022
2022 Inserm Prizes: Forming a Common Front for Our Health
2022 Inserm Prizes: Forming a Common Front for Our Health
"Awarding the Inserm Prizes is a key point in the Institute's life, enabling us to showcase the various talents of our staff and the great wealth of the research we conduct to form a common front for the health of our fellow citizens.

Life Sciences - 28.11.2022
How can bats harbor so many viruses without developing symptoms?
Publication of the CIRI in the journal Science Advances on November 23, 2022. CNRS press alert on November 23, 2022.

Life Sciences - Event - 24.11.2022

Life Sciences - Mathematics - 07.09.2022

Life Sciences - 28.07.2022
Idoteas are the sea's bees
Idoteas are the sea’s bees
Are sea animals involved in the reproductive cycle of algae, like pollinating insects on dry land? Dispersal of the male gametes, or spermatia, of red algae generally relies on water movement, and up until now, scientists did not recognize the role played by animals.

Life Sciences - 29.06.2022
Neuronal circuit serving social interaction
Neuronal circuit serving social interaction
The existence of a circuit of neurons innervating our skin that promotes interaction with other individuals has just been demonstrated by a team of researchers from the Institute of Functional Genomi

Life Sciences - Earth Sciences - 15.06.2022

Computer Science - Life Sciences - 30.05.2022
Launch of an exploratory Priority Research Programme and Equipment for data storage on DNA
The quantity of data stored worldwide is estimated to increase to 175 zettabytes 2 by 2025. If we were to store this data on Blu-ray discs, it would require 23 stacks from the Earth and the Moon.

Life Sciences - Physics - 22.03.2022
Scientist, Elisa Vianello, Receives ¤3 Million ERC Grant To Develop Nanoscale Memories Inspired by Insect Nervous Systems
CEA-Leti Scientist, Elisa Vianello, Receives €3 Million ERC Grant To Develop Nanoscale Memories Inspired by Insect Nervous Systems The artificial intelligence (AI) community recently has proposed po

Life Sciences - 16.02.2022
What lies behind a baby’s eyes
The way babies look at the world is a great mystery. What do they really see? What information do they get from seeing? One might think they look at things that stand out the most-by virtue of size or colour, for example.

Life Sciences - 16.02.2022
Cambrian animals show their muscles
Publication of the LGL-TPE in the journal eLife on January 31, 2022. CNRS-INSU communication on February 11, 2022.

Life Sciences - Health - 10.02.2022
A Gene Therapy Studied in Steinert's Disease
A Gene Therapy Studied in Steinert’s Disease
Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) or Steinert's disease is a rare and debilitating genetic neuromuscular disease affecting multiple organs and with a fatal outcome.

Veterinary - Life Sciences - 14.01.2022
Before horses, ass hybrids were bred for warfare
Before horses, ass hybrids were bred for warfare
Equids have played a key role in the evolution of warfare throughout history.

Life Sciences - Health - 24.11.2021
A standardized gnotobiotic mouse model harboring a minimal 15-member mouse gut microbiota recapitulates SOPF/SPF phenotypes
Publication of the IGFL on November 18, 2021. Mus musculus  is the classic mammalian model for biomedical research.

Life Sciences - 08.07.2021
Where does the shape of the Romanesco cauliflower come from?
Where does the shape of the Romanesco cauliflower come from?
The mystery of the formation of one of the most peculiar plant forms - the Romanesco cauliflower - has been solved by a team of scientists from the CNRS 1 and Inria in an article published on the 9 July in Science .
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