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With electric cars, smartphones and laptop computers, the need for portable energy storage devices never ceases to increase.

The positioning of the CNRS in Canada is based on a network of strong and coordinated cooperation with institutional and university actors on the federal level.

How do I store more, and better? This summarizes the challenge of transporting flammable gases. To ensure industrial safety, these gases must be handled at defined temperature and pressure conditions that do not allow for optimal storage and release cycles.

To meet the Paris Agreement's goal of limiting global warming by 2050 to well under 2° C, carbon neutrality must be achieved.

Water is a shared resource meeting essential needs of ecosystems and human populations alike. It should not be considered a commodity serving only a few purposes.

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.

To understand how life emerged, scientists investigate the chemistry of carbon and water. In the case of water, they track the various forms, or isotopes, of its constituent hydrogen and oxygen atoms over the history of the universe, like a giant treasure hunt.

Equids have played a key role in the evolution of warfare throughout history.

Every year in France, fine particle pollution (particles with a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometres 1 ) leads to the premature death of around 40,000 people.

Do election campaigns shape public policy as they are supposed to in a democracy? Do the laws passed during a mandate really address the issues debated during elections? For countries with political

Antoine Petit, CNRS Chair & CEO, and Philippe Mauguin, INRAE Chair & CEO, recently signed a new five-year framework agreement to underline their research institutions' commitment to working even more closely together.

O    Malware, or malicious software, pirates our data, destroys our software and hard drives, and forces our computers to pour forth torrents of spam.

O    The CNRS is celebrating the creation of its 200th active joint laboratory bringing together the organisation and its academic partners with a company.

In contrast to the oil painting technique that supplanted it at the end of the 15th century, tempera painting, practiced on wood panels, walls or canvas has received little attention on the physico-chemical scale.

Full steam ahead toward the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26)! On October 25, Ifremer, the CNRS and the IRD, with support from the Ocean & Climate Platform and ESA astronau

From 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022, the CNRS will be in attendance at the Dubai World Expo's France Pavilion.

Mercury is released by coal combustion and mining activities to the atmosphere as a gaseous pollutant.

O    High Energy Additive Manufacturing uses 3D printing to create original metal and ceramic objects, such as lightweight structures with properties that are unattainable using traditional processes.

An exceptional rock art site in northern Arabia, the Camel Site consists of three rocky spurs in which a dozen life-sized camels and wild donkeys have been sculpted in relief.

The WEAVE instrument, now being installed at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (Canary Islands, Spain), will be able to observe nearly 1 000 astronomical objects simultaneously.

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 .

O    The CNRS Gold Medal recognizes scientific careers that have made exceptional contributions to the dynamism and influence of French research.

Food has become one of the major challenges of the 21st century. According to a study carried out by CNRS scientists 1 , an organic, sustainable, biodiversity-friendly agro-food system, could be implemented in Europe and would allow a balanced coexistence between agriculture and the environment.

O Technology transfer for research is one of the missions of the CNRS. With nearly 100 start-ups created per year, and over 7,000 families of active patents, 1,300 active licenses, and more than 170 joint laboratories with companies, the CNRS is a major actor in French Deeptech.

O    The ocean is an ecosystem under threat from global warming, pollution, resource overexploitation and habitat degradation.

O    Mathematics have a major role to play in responding to pressing environmental issues, including global warming, species extinctions, extreme natural events, and pollution.

An international group of scientific experts co-directed by CNRS oceanographer Jean-Pierre Gattuso 1 has stated the requirements for coral reef survival in an article published in Biological Conservation .

The partnership establishes the France-Arizona Institute for Global Grand Challenges at the University of Arizona, which will address critical research areas through large-scale international collaboration, innovation and exchange of resources.

The Perseverance rover has just landed on Mars. Meanwhile, its precursor Curiosity continues to explore the base of Mount Sharp (officially Aeolis Mons), a mountain several kilometres high at the centre of the Gale crater.

Mobiliscope uses travel survey data to visually present how the social composition of a city or neighbourhood evolves over the course of 24 hours.