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Preventing malaria from proliferating
Malaria affects more than 247 million people throughout the world and may have caused up to 620,000 deaths in 2021. Under the ROAdMAP project¹, Ana…
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The origins of the Standard Model
Fifty years ago, a French team was behind a discovery that helped develop the Standard Model of Particle Physics.
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Rare Ordovician fossil deposit found in France
A newly-discovered fossil deposit in the foothills of the Montagne Noire range in southern France has yielded unprecedented evidence of marine…
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An asteroid reveals its secrets
On 24 September, 2023, material collected three years earlier from the surface of asteroid Bennu was successfully returned to Earth by the OSIRIS-REx…
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Cryptography faces the threat of quantum technology
The CNRS cryptologist Benjamin Wesolowski explains how to strengthen cryptographic methods, with a view to increasing their resistance to the…
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The Natchez and the French, from alliance to tragedy
In 1729, the Natchez tribe of Native Americans suddenly massacred French settlers living near them in the area around New Orleans. The retaliation…
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Soulages' blacks in the spotlight
Like other paintings of the late 1950s, Soulages’ works are deteriorating. The paint comes off in some areas, becomes soft in others, or even drips…
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An asteroid reveals its secrets
On 24 September, 2023, material collected three years earlier from the surface of asteroid Bennu was successfully returned to Earth by the OSIRIS-REx…
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Arctic depressions
The Arctic is warming up four times faster than the rest of the world. The depressions that cross this region could partly explain this phenomenon…
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Ancient cities in the Amazon
A series of remarkable linear urban settlements have been uncovered in Ecuador's Upano Valley. The size, organisation, age, longevity and location of…
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