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Fighting antibiotic resistance
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05.17.2023 |
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Health
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 determinants that help pathogens fight antibiotics, and are constantly innovating in terms of therapeutic and preventive strategies.
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Presenting the world's oldest architectural plans
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05.25.2023 |
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Archaeology
Engraved on stones and dated to 8,000 and 9,000 years ago, the oldest known plans to scale have recently been published in the journal PLOS ONE. They depict gigantic prehistoric structures known as “desert kites” that were designed to trap wild animals, and were discovered in the deserts of Jordan and Saudi Arabia by researchers from the Archéorient laboratory (1) and their colleagues.
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Neuroscience to the rescue against sexual violence
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05.25.2023 |
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Interview
Although a global scourge, sexual violence is by no means inevitable. It can be curbed, in particular thanks to recent discoveries on the brain and its phenomenal plasticity. The neurobiologists Danièle Tritsch and Jean Mariani, authors of Sexe et Violence. Comment le cerveau peut tout changer (“Sex and Violence. How the brain could change everything”), explain how.
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The truth behind the placebo effect
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05.25.2023 |
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Medicine Even without deception, a placebo can still be effective – provided certain precautions are taken before it is administered. A study by CNRS experts at the TIMC interdisciplinary health laboratory offers an explanation.
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The holy Hittite city of Zippalanda finally identified
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05.25.2023 |
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Archaeology Historians who decipher cuneiform texts frequently discover names of ancient cities that they are unable to locate on a map. In addition, the original designations of many sites excavated by archaeologists in the Near and Middle East have yet to be determined. Discovering the names they were known... |
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Reconciling people and wildlife in the Okavango
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05.25.2023 |
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Report In Botswana’s Okavango Delta, thousands of local villagers suffer the consequences of coexisting with protected wildlife species: livestock attacked by lions, crops destroyed by elephants… The researchers of the ProSuLi project are trying to find solutions.
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