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Covid-19 variants are a game-changer
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03.29.2021 |
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Virology
More contagious and sometimes resistant to antibodies, some SARS-CoV-2 variants are gradually replacing the original strains. While this virus, which appeared recently in humans, is adapting to its new host, scientists from numerous disciplines are relentlessly monitoring its evolution.
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Reinventing computer science for quantum computing
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03.16.2021 |
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Computer science
To revolutionise computing, as the very first quantum computers have raised hopes of doing, researchers must meet exciting challenges, such as writing new informatics, and limiting the many errors still made by these ultra-powerful machines.
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"The pandemic has shown that not all lives are equal"
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03.24.2021 |
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Anthropology
In the past year, the Covid-19 pandemic has claimed the lives of more than 2.6 million people. The restrictive measures imposed by government authorities to limit the propagation of the virus raise the question of the price are we willing to pay to save a human life. Didier Fassin, a sociologist, anthropologist and physician who divides his time between France and the US, shares his views.
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The extraordinary fate of cells
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03.15.2021 |
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Biology Is detecting Alzheimer’s disease and certain cancers at an earlier stage, or testing the efficacy of treatments before they are prescribed the stuff of science fiction? Maybe not. To understand why a disease sets in and mimic its course in vitro, scientists are now examining the life and fate of... |
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Lalibela: a city dug in a rock
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03.25.2021
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Archaeology Eleven churches carved from a rock, centuries of history and a mystery that remains. An ambitious research programme tries to unveil the complex past of Lalibela, the largest christian site in Africa, located in Ethiopia. The ongoing research will also help preserve this fragile heritage for future... |
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Learning from the Fukushima decontamination
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03.04.2021 |
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Environment After the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster in March 2011, the Japanese authorities decided to clean up the region impacted by the radioactive plume. Olivier Evrard, a researcher in environmental science, visited the area regularly to conduct measurements. He explains what the decontamination... |
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The Middle Ages brought Epicurus out of the underworld
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03.28.2021 |
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Philosophy Heretic and a slave to desire or radical ascetic and paragon of virtue: who was the real Epicurus? Retracing the history of representations of Epicureanism, the CNRS philosopher Aurélien Robert shows that the Middle Ages played an important role in rehabilitating a Greek philosopher who had been... |
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“Perpetrators of incest lead otherwise normal lives”
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03.09.2021 |
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Anthropology The recent accusations levied against French constitutional lawyer Olivier Duhamel illustrate how, despite being taboo, incest is actually quite common in our society. The anthropologist Dorothée Dussy has looked into the issue for years and reveals how perpetrators lead otherwise ordinary lives,... |
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