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Article 07.24.2026 Read more Society Digital Maths and the beach Mathematics Holiday-makers cross paths at the beach, but so do multiple facets of physics and mathematics. Three research projects are working to better describe this environment so highly sensitive to climate change. Article 07.23.2026 Read more Digital Fields day for Hong Wang Mathematics The Chinese mathematician Hong Wang is the co-winner of the 2026 Fields Medal (the equivalent of the Nobel prize for the discipline). This distinction recognises work on solutions for the Kakeya conjecture in three dimensions, an extension from a century-old... Article 07.22.2026 Read more Our topics TypesArticleAudioInfographicsOpinionReportSlideshowVideo - Any - Life Matter Society Space Earth Digital - Any -LifeMatterSocietySpaceEarthDigital ThemesLifeMatterSocietySpaceEarthDigital Society Digital Article Hunting down the cyber mafia 07.21.2026 Ransomware is a type of malicious software (malware) that develops within an ecosystem combining criminality, cyber espionage, and disinformation. CNRS News investigates. Read more Life Society Article A supernumerary discoverer 07.09.2026 Marthe Gautier was the scientist behind the discovery of the supernumerary chromosome of trisomy 21, a genetic anomaly that affects some 50,000 people in France. Yet her work was overshadowed and she was not the one who took the credit. The biologist Julie... Read more Society Article Red card for Trump 07.06.2026 Since 2018, the Trump administration has been waging a trade war through successive hikes in customs duties. Has this policy protected the American economy? Researchers argue that, by fuelling uncertainty, it has actually had the opposite effect. Read more Space Article The distant past catches up with the Universe 06.29.2026 In April, the researchers involved in the French-Chinese SVOM space mission presented an update on its initial findings. These provided a number of interesting insights into events that took place in the very earliest days of the Universe. CNRS News takes a... Read more Society Article When cancer makes no difference 06.22.2026 Why do some people keep smoking, even when a close one has fallen seriously ill because of tobacco? A recent study questions the effectiveness of prevention policies. Read more Life Article Ticks under watch 06.17.2026 Ticks that return with the spring can infect humans with both Lyme disease – which is very severe – and other disorders. To improve their understanding of these conditions and the treatments... Read more Society Article Finding "The One" in the pre-Tinder age 06.11.2026 Perusing through a million matrimonial ads from the past hundred years or so reveals changes in the criteria for love over the 20th century, and hint at deeper transformations in societies themselves. Read more Society Slideshow Prehistory's "connected" mass production 06.10.2026 In 2015, archaeologists unearthed a unique artefact in Iraq: a kiln comprising two interconnected chambers dating from the Chalcolithic (7000 to 5000 BC). To find out how it worked, they decided to... Read more Life Article Sleeping in cold blood 06.04.2026 Researchers have revealed the existence of an infraslow physiological rhythm during sleep in reptiles. The discovery sheds light on the evolution of sleep… and its mysteries. Read more Society Digital Article Rebel with a cause 05.28.2026 Sophie Germain’s name will soon be engraved on the Eiffel Tower. A brilliant self-taught mathematician, she had to fight throughout her life to gain equal recognition to her male contemporaries, and... Read more Life Article Slaves to parasites 05.22.2026 The extraordinary odyssey of toxoplasmosis, a parasite that manipulates its hosts to turn them into cat food. Read more Digital Article Maths is a piece of cake 05.06.2026 Mixing cake batter, following a recipe, cutting a Yule log. These everyday gestures in cooking actually conceal complex concepts from mathematics and computer science, as shown in an exhibition... Read more Life Article Shedding coherent light on the brain 04.30.2026 The physicist Valentina Emiliani has been awarded the 2026 Irène Joliot-Curie Female Scientist of the Year prize, in recognition of her work in neurophotonics, at the intersection of optics and... Read more Society Digital Article The magic of sound and light physics 04.28.2026 Maïmouna Bocoum, a physicist specialising in acousto-optics at the Paris-based Langevin Institute, develops imaging technologies for the early detection of breast tumours. She was awarded this year’s... Read more Life Article Breaking the wall 04.27.2026 Every year, the spring season heralds high-profile running events. As the Paris, Boston and London marathons have just come to a close, CNRS researchers explain why some runners experience a sudden... Read more Space Earth Article Europe takes the lead in planetary defence 04.23.2026 The Ramses mission to asteroid Apophis is set to launch in 2028. It forms the cornerstone of a planetary defence programme designed to protect our planet from the risk of collision with near-Earth... 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