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Albeit little-known, plant microbiota or holobionts are essential for plant health and sustainable agriculture. The work of Philippe Vandenkoornhuyse in discovering their role has earned this CNRS ecologist international recognition.
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10.26.2015
How did agriculture spread throughout Europe from the Middle East over 8 000 years ago? A comparative study of personal ornaments worn by populations of hunter-gatherers and those worn by the first...
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10.23.2015
The 70th anniversary of the Liberation of France provides the opportunity to remember the victims of Nazi persecution, including those, long-overlooked, who were deported for being homosexual. It is...
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10.22.2015
The musicologist Mylène Pardoen has recreated the background sound environment of central Paris in the 18th century. Her project, presented at an exhibition dedicated to the humanities and social...
10.22.2015
Faced with the explosion of digital data, researchers are looking for revolutionary storage methods. The use of polymers, long molecular chains, is among the most promising avenues.
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10.15.2015
Orangutans, bonobos, chimpanzees and gorillas are directly threatened by human activity, which inexorably gnaws away at the forest. Primatologists are seeking to find out whether economic development...
10.15.2015
Emmanuel Garnier, a climate historian who specializes in extreme events and their effects on ancient societies, describes how we could draw from past experiences to adapt to the increasing risks...