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Nanocars will compete for the first time ever during an international molecule-car race on April 28-29, 2017 in Toulouse (south-western France).

On April 22, Earth Day 2017, the citizens of the world are invited to participate in a massive “March for Science.

Why did the rhythm of glaciations suddenly slow down about a million years ago? To answer this question and to better forecast future climate change, a consortium of researchers from 14 institutions

After the Paris and Nice attacks, the CNRS endeavored to commit research resources to the fight against terrorism.

The mathematician Claire Voisin is the laureate of the CNRS 2016 gold medal, France's highest scientific distinction.

Over the past few weeks, serious doubt has emerged regarding the figures featuring in several Molecular Biology publications.

What did the Seine look like during the eighteenth century? With its sandy banks, bustling ports, and bridges crammed with houses, it was at the center of Parisian life, and all kinds of trades depended on it for their activity.

Two young mathematicians from France are among the ten recipients of the 2016 European Mathematical Society (EMS) prize: Vincent Calvez, chargé de recherche CNRS at l'Unité de mathématiques pures et

How can green chemistry be developed? According to a novel network inaugurated on Friday 13 May at the University of Poitiers, the answer is to use biomass, a source of renewable carbon, as raw material.

A new ultra-bright source of single photons - 15 times brighter than commonly used sources and emitting photons that are 99.5% indistinguishable from one another - has been developed by researchers from the CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, and Université Paris-Sud 1 .

Developing humanoid robotic technology to perform difficult tasks in aircraft manufacturing facilities is the goal of a four-year joint research project, which is being conducted by the Joint Robotics Laboratory (CNRS/AIST) 1 and Airbus Group.

A hundred years after Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves, researchers of the LIGO and VIRGO collaborations (of which the CNRS is a founding member), are issuing an update on these tiny ripples in the fabric of space-time.

A novel process for analyzing and visualizing sound has been designed by the Laboratoire Sciences et Technologies de la Musique et du Son (CNRS/IRCAM/French Ministry of Culture and Communication/UPMC).