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Le Journal
The call of the forest
Forests cover a third of the world's land surface. Although they provide us with invaluable services, they are now under so much pressure that we are…
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Le Journal
Sylvie Rétaux, the all-terrain biologist
For the past 20 years, this specialist in developmental and evolutionary biology has been passionately dedicated to studying a small fish that lives…
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Le Journal
Single-cell technologies mark the dawn of a new era
Single-cell technologies for the analysis of genomic data enable scientists to better study tissue mechanisms and heterogeneity at the scale of a…
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Update
Research sets sail for the ocean
Oceans, which cover 70% of the planet, are in peril. Global research is mobilising to study and rescue it, and the CNRS is on the front lines, with…
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Multimedia
Scientists to the rescue of coral
Coral reefs are disappearing at an alarming rate, and along with them, entire ecosystems are now threatened. Scientists are engaged in a real race…
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Le Journal
Mechanobiology exerts creative pressure
Numerous cellular phenomena are guided by mechanical forces, such as embryonic development or the spread of metastases. These phenomena are the…
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Le Journal
Pharmacognosy brings nature to our medicine chests
Professor Mehdi Beniddir, both a researcher in chemistry and a pharmacist, explains how pharmacognosy makes it possible to develop new medicinal…
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Press
Cell contraction drive the initial shaping of human embryos
Compaction in embryonic cells is an essential step in the normal development of the human embryo.
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