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Stéphane Mallat, a pioneer bridging mathematics and computer science
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09.10.2025 |
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Mathematics
By combining theoretical abstraction with practical impact, Stéphane Mallat has left a lasting mark on mathematics and computer science. From the JPEG 2000 image compression standard to the mathematical foundations of artificial intelligence, he has shaped tools that have become essential. He is the 2025 recipient of the CNRS Gold Medal.
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The Big Bang within the reach of telescopes
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09.12.2025 |
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cosmology
With large-scale observation campaigns, innovative data analysis methods and theoretical advances on all fronts, astrophysics and cosmology are entering a high-precision era with the potential to unravel many of the unsolved mysteries of the Universe. Including that of its origins.
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Medicine goes viral
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09.01.2025 |
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Medicine
Few weapons are available to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which continue to cause millions of deaths. However, scientists are currently resuscitating a century-old solution, bacteriophages, which are viruses that only attack bacteria.
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When phytoplankton kills
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09.24.2025 |
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Biology Due to global warming and ever greater human activity, phytoplankton blooms are becoming increasingly frequent in lakes and oceans. Their impact on health, the economy and the environment is already being felt right across the entire living world. |
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AIDS, globalisation's first pandemic
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09.18.2025 |
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Public health Forty-four years after the earliest cases of AIDS were identified, the historian Marion Aballéa retraces the social, economic, cultural, scientific and public health history of the first pandemic linked to globalisation. |
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The Arabian desert reveals long-hidden jewels
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09.29.2025 |
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Archaeology Oil isn't the only treasure hidden in the Arabian desert. French-Saudi archaeological teams are gradually unearthing a hitherto unsuspected heritage, including urban development, languages, hunting techniques, agriculture and architecture. CNRS News takes a look at this wealth of discoveries. |
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Giants with feet of clay
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08.07.2025 |
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Palaeontology The disappearance of non-avian dinosaurs didn’t mark the end of giant organisms in the living world. From enormous mammals to oversized insects and plants, CNRS News takes a closer look at some of the mammoth creatures that have inhabited our planet, and whose huge size often masked numerous... |
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