Manufactured primarily in England and France starting in the early 18th century, pianos were massively exported, in particular to the Americas, leading to the emergence of new repertoires. This is the amazing story of an instrument that has crossed oceans, social classes and musical styles.
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...
Discover how scientists and indigenous populations work closely together to replicate traditional ritual objects so as to preserve them, while respecting ancestral know-how.
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...
For several years now, microorganisms have been gravitating from the lab benches of biologists towards the test tubes of chemists. The aim is to study bacteria from a new angle with the prospect of...
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...
Now that negotiations for an international treaty aimed at strengthening protection of the oceans have successfully concluded in New York, Pascale Ricard, a specialist in international environmental...