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Fields day for Hong Wang
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07.22.2026 |
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Mathematics
The Chinese mathematician Hong Wang is the co-winner of the 2026 Fields Medal (the equivalent of the Nobel prize for the discipline). This distinction recognises work on solutions for the Kakeya conjecture in three dimensions, an extension from a century-old problem at the interface of mathematics and geometry. CNRS News provides insights.
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A supernumerary discoverer
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07.09.2026 |
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Medicine
Marthe Gautier was the scientist behind the discovery of the supernumerary chromosome of trisomy 21, a genetic anomaly that affects some 50,000 people in France. Yet her work was overshadowed and she was not the one who took the credit. The biologist Julie Batut joins us for a look back at the career of this marginalised pioneer.
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Red card for Trump
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07.06.2026 |
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Political economy Since 2018, the Trump administration has been waging a trade war through successive hikes in customs duties. Has this policy protected the American economy? Researchers argue that, by fuelling uncertainty, it has actually had the opposite effect. |
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Hunting down the cyber mafia
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07.21.2026 |
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Computer science Ransomware is a type of malicious software (malware) that develops within an ecosystem combining criminality, cyber espionage, and disinformation. CNRS News investigates. |
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Maths and the beach
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07.23.2026 |
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Mathematics Holiday-makers cross paths at the beach, but so do multiple facets of physics and mathematics. Three research projects are working to better describe this environment so highly sensitive to climate change. |
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The brain knows the score
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07.24.2026 |
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Musicology Behind the pleasure of listening to a song lies an astonishing brain activity: an anticipatory mechanism that translates simple vibrations into emotions. A phenomenon that is especially used in electronic music. |
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