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Round-the-world Expedition to Study Marine Megafauna
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07.31.2017 |
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Oceanography
Monaco Explorations' research vessel Yersin has set sail for a round-the-world mission to study the state of the world's oceans, terminating in 2020. Among a host of scientific projects, it will carry out a survey of marine megafauna using environmental DNA, a new method for evaluating biodiversity.
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The Era of Automatic Control
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07.06.2017 |
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Automatics
The 20th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC 2017) was held in Toulouse on July 9-14. Dimitri Peaucelle, a researcher at the LAAS (Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems), which organized the event, gives an overview of this technique, which, although omnipresent in our daily lives, remains largely unknown to the general public.
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The Tattoo Craze
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07.09.2017 |
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Anthropology
Tattoos, an immensely popular fashion accessory at the start of the 21st century, in fact reach all the way back to the Neolithic Age. Anthropologist Sébastien Galliot explains the history and meaning of these body markings.
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A Multi-faceted Approach to HIV Prevention
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07.25.2017 |
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Health Ahead of the 9th International Conference on HIV Research which ended last week in Paris, UNAIDS published its latest figures on the epidemic. 1 million people died of AIDS in 2016, and 1.8 million were newly infected with the virus. Before a vaccine can be found, new preventive methods are already... |
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Fighting HIV on All Fronts
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07.23.2017 |
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Health A permanent cure for AIDS is now the prime objective of scientists who are tracking the virus’s “reservoir cells” and immersing themselves in its molecular mechanisms… Serious leads for the development of an effective preventive vaccine are also under study. CNRS News looks at the latest updates on... |
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Flipper, a Robot for Collecting Shellfish
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07.27.2017 |
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Robotics Flipper, a shellfish-capturing robot and the latest brainchild of the Laboratoire d’Informatique, de Robotique et de Microélectronique de Montpellier (LIRMM), has just been tested in the waters off Mayotte, a hotspot of biodiversity. |
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Intestinal Parasites in Soldiers during the Great War
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07.14.2017 |
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Biology The demonstration of intestinal parasites in World War I soldiers provides additional evidence of the horror of these men’s daily lives. This discovery was possible thanks to an emerging discipline, paleoparasitology, presented here by Matthieu Le Bailly, a researcher at the Laboratoire chrono-... |
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The Tyranny of Appearance
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07.11.2017 |
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Anthropology In the summertime, our bodies are more visible, becoming an important concern in a society that idealizes physical “perfection.” Is this a recent phenomenon? And what are the downsides of this cult of the body beautiful?
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