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Sandra Lavorel, an ecologist at the peak
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09.20.2023 |
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Ecology
The CNRS Gold Medal will be handed to Sandra Lavorel in Paris this Wednesday. It rewards her pioneering work in functional ecology and her research on the functions of ecosystems and their benefits for human societies. She carries it out in the Alps, where she models the effects of global warming on alpine meadows.
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Dark matter: time for axion
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09.15.2023 |
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Physics
Following the disappointing results from other candidates for explaining dark matter, a particle hypothesised over 40 years ago, the axion, has come back to the forefront.
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Four CNRS innovators honoured
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09.07.2023 |
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Awards
Patricia Rousselle, Marc Antonini, Jacques Gierak, and Claire Hellio are this year’s recipients of the CNRS Innovation Medal. On 14 November, they will be presented with this distinction, which rewards scientists whose research work has enabled outstanding technological, therapeutic, or social innovation.
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Also this month
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Making humans more creative
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09.05.2023 |
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Interview Marie-Paule Cani sculpts 3D forms and creates animated virtual worlds. Her intelligent systems for visual creation can be used for research, as well as for producing video games, animated films, and special effects. CNRS News puts the spotlight on this specialist in computer graphics. |
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Los Ñetas, empowerment through crime?
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08.17.2023 |
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Interview “We’re a gang, but not like you think: we’re revolutionaries.” The kind of statement that sparked the curiosity of the anthropologist Martin Lamotte, who has spent four years investigating the international gang Los Ñetas, its rules and metamorphoses, from criminal activity to political activism. |
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