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Sensors, the other quantum revolution
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01.12.2021 |
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Quantum physics
Medicine, civil engineering, telecommunications, natural resources management... Quantum sensors offering both unique sensitivity and accuracy are about to revolutionise detection in a number of fields.
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Pangloss: lending an ear to rare languages
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01.17.2021 |
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Linguistics
A unique collection of sound archives of rare and endangered languages is now accessible to all on the Pangloss website. Several thousand tales and stories in more than 170 languages, collected and documented by dedicated linguists, are now available in audio.
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Exploring the world’s largest ocean current
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01.26.2021 |
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Oceanography
Understanding the oceanic carbon pump and improving existing knowledge of the chemical elements in the southwestern Indian Ocean is the very purpose of the expedition involving 48 scientists preparing to board the French research vessel Marion Dufresne II for the SWINGS cruise. The two CNRS researchers leading the mission, Hélène Planquette, from the Laboratory of Environmental Marine Sciences (LEMAR), and Catherine Jeandel, from the LEGOS, told...
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Submarine cable surveys seismic fault offshore Mount Etna
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01.18.2021 |
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seismology Last October, as a fresh eruption broke out on Mount Etna, an unprecedented marine expedition was underway just a few kilometres from the volcano. Its goal was to gain a better understanding of the processes at work at a major submarine seismic fault, using a laser interferometry technique never... |
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Unfolding 40 million years of Asian steppe history
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01.24.2021 |
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palaeoecology A French-Dutch team has reconstructed the evolution of the Central Asian steppe over the past 40 million years. This turbulent history, made up of major upheavals and mass extinctions, today serves as a warning: a new environmental crisis could irreversibly turn the region into a desert. |
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What is 5G for?
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01.21.2021 |
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Engineering As mobile operators offer the first 5G subscriptions to the general public, this new standard for telecommunications raises doubts and resistance. The CNRS senior researcher Philippe Owezarski presents the issues involved. |
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Will hydrogen keep its promise?
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01.11.2021 |
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Engineering Will hydrogen be the foundation for the clean energy of the future? Daniel Hissel, who was awarded the 2020 CNRS Gold Medal, provides an overview of existing capabilities, as well as present challenges. |
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Toxicity in the Arctic impacts bird fertility
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01.25.2021
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Animal Biology Waterproofing, fire-proofing and non-stick coating. These technologies bring safety and comfort to our daily lives, but are based on chemicals called per and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS. Nicknamed “forever chemicals”, these molecules are volatile - they can be emitted by the materials... |
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