A genuine technological gem, the James Webb Space Telescope has been exploring the smallest nooks of the Universe over the last two years. From the birth of planets and the first galaxies to the atmospheric composition of exoplanets, the space observatory’s initial discoveries have been scientifically exceptional.
Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies have been criticised for the huge amounts of electricity required to make them secure. Researchers are exploring new pathways towards more virtuous blockchains.
The proliferation of resistance to treatments against infections is a threat to human health. To face up to this situation, scientists are tracking the appearance and spread of the genetic...
Rounding off eight years of work, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently published its sixth Synthesis Report. The CNRS research professor Gerhard Krinner, who coordinated part of it...
Sensors and artificial intelligence are now part of electrical grids, creating more “intelligent” networks known as smart grids. The researcher Nouredine Hadjsaid explains the issues and challenges...
Discover how scientists and indigenous populations work closely together to replicate traditional ritual objects so as to preserve them, while respecting ancestral know-how.
Two separate measurements of the Hubble constant, a parameter that describes the expansion rate of the Universe, have yielded conflicting results. The discrepancy could lead to the overthrow of the...