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Discovery of the oldest evidence of mobility on Earth
An international and multi-disciplinary team coordinated by Abderrazak El Albani at the Institut de chimie des milieux et matériaux de Poitiers (CNRS…
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How manganese produces a parkinsonian syndrome
Using X-ray fluorescence at synchrotrons DESY and ESRF, researchers in the Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CNRS/Université de…
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The “sleeping” brain remains attentive to its environment
By exposing sleepers to complex sounds, researchers from the CNRS and ENS Paris Laboratoire de sciences cognitives et psycholinguistique (CNRS/ENS…
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Vascular development: finding the right itinerary
Researchers at the CNRS, Université Paris Diderot and Université Paris Descartes have demonstrated how the growth of veins and arteries unfolds in…
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Fruit flies can transmit their sexual preferences culturally
Researchers from the CNRS and université Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier (UT3) show that fruit flies possess all of the cognitive capacities needed to…
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The origins of asymmetry: A protein that makes you do the twist
Asymmetry plays a major role in biology at every scale: think of DNA spirals, the fact that the human heart is positioned on the left, our preference…
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Stroke: preventing the damage by acting on the neuronal environment?
To protect neurons and limit the damage after a stroke, researchers from the CNRS, the University of Caen-Normandie, University Paris-Est Créteil,…
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“Nested sequences”: an indispensable mechanism for forming memories
A research team from CNRS, Université PSL, the Collège de France and Inserm has just lifted part of the veil surrounding brain activity during sleep…
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Super reef-building microalgae found across the world’s oceans
The micro-alga Symbiodinium, the main source of energy for the construction of coral reefs, which are home to more than a third of marine…
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