This brand-new 1500 m2 factory located in Bois-D'arcy, near Paris, does not manufacture car parts or aircraft engines. No, it makes hearts. The first Carmat artificial heart manufacturing plant has just obtained its certification and is moving to the industrial stage. 800 hearts will be produced
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The Nuffield Council on Bioethics in the United Kingdom says that it is acceptable to genetically manipulate human embryos, as long as the interventions do not harm the child or society as a whole. The council takes a surprisingly progressive position on this issue, but we are still a long way from
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That intelligence knows how to see and drive cars, that it knows how to talk and exchange with us, that it knows how to play Go better than we do... All this doesn't impress us anymore and has almost become part of our daily life. In the AI's skill set, we can also add the sense of smell. British researchers claim to have
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Until now, the seed market has been in the hands of agrochemical giants such as Bayer Monsanto. As a result, 75% of the world's food comes from 12 plant species and five animal species. However, Europe has just voted for the liberation of seeds and in particular so-called "peasant" seeds. Diversity
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Scientists at the University of Lincoln in the United Kingdom have developed a new technique to coat gold nanoparticles with a specific protein so that they can be used to address a drug that will target a specific area of the body, such as a cancerous tumour, very precisely. Gold nanoparticles are
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The figure is huge. More than 9 out of 10 people on the planet breathe polluted air. This is according to the conclusions of the annual report on the state of the world's air published on Tuesday by the American HEI (Health effects institute). Prolonged exposure to this polluted air has resulted in more than
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We pay more and more attention to our food, we want it to be healthy and nutritious, we are apostles of the organic and local. But no matter how careful we are, we all have a few cans in our cupboard. A can of sardines, peas or
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How to treat neuropathic pain, a chronic disease that affects 7 to 10 % of the French population and for which no treatment is effective? The solution would come from researchers at the Institute of Neurosciences of Montpellier (Inserm/University of Montpellier) and the Laboratory of Therapeutic Innovation (CNRS/University of Strasbourg) (1) who have put together a study on the subject.
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A new study, conducted by researchers from Cambridge University, Institut Pasteur, Paris Diderot University, CNRS and the genetics company 23andMe, suggests that our empathy is not only the result of our education and experience, but is also partly influenced by
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From the very first minutes of birth, the baby is already undergoing a battery of tests to detect possible abnormalities. A new test proposed by a private company encourages parents to check the genetic code of the newborn to see if there is a risk that, in the course of his or her life, he or she will develop
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In a press release issued on February 5, the WHO (World Health Organization) warned: "Antimicrobial resistance is a serious problem around the world ... some of the most common, and potentially most dangerous, infections are proving to be resistant to drugs. Most worryingly, moreover, some of the most common and potentially dangerous
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Would blood become the implacable revealer not only of our state of health, but also of our future? Advances in blood screening are accelerating. After the announcement a few days ago of a test that can detect several types of cancer in a single drop of blood, it is now the turn of
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While the floods currently affecting parts of the country are disrupting the landscape and causing damage amounting to hundreds of millions of euros, the need for dykes is felt more than ever. A Lyon-based company is experimenting with a revolutionary process based on biomimicry: using bacteria to create a new type of dyke.
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Bees play a major role in food production around the world. Without them, there is no pollination and therefore no fruit or vegetables. The decline of bee populations looks like a great extinction. The causes are being sought, analysed and some of them are known. Phytosanitary products used in agriculture
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Environ 44 millions de personnes dans le monde sont atteintes de la maladie d’Alzheimer, mais cette maladie a des répercussions sur la vie d’un nombre beaucoup plus élevé de personnes. La famille et les amis souffrent aux côtés des patients qui perdent lentement leurs capacités cognitives. Une nouvelle recherche publiée
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Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne have developed gold nanoparticles that have the property of attracting viruses to them in order to destroy them. Like broad-spectrum antibiotics, this completely new approach could destroy several types of virus such as HIV, dengue fever, herpes or Ebola.
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Researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital of McGill University's Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital have proven that it is possible to intensify or attenuate the pleasure derived from music, as well as the irresistible desire to hear more, by stimulating or deactivating certain brain circuits. An interesting approach to addiction treatment
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In barely two generations, a new species of bird has appeared on the Galapagos island. This is an incredible phenomenon when you consider that the pace of evolution usually extends over many generations. Darwin would not have believed his eyes! This speed is to be compared to the pressures that the
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Des chercheurs de l’université de Genève ont découvert que les cellules musculaires abritent une horloge biologique. Elle pourrait jouer un rôle important dans la régulation de notre métabolisme et le développement du diabète. Les horloges biologiques déroulent leur tic-tac un peu partout dans le corps. Elles libèrent l’hormone de
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Qui aurait cru que la France puisse être le pays le plus « sceptique » de la planète face aux vaccins ? Et ce qui étonne encore plus derrière les chiffres dévoilés ces derniers jours, s’ils s’avèrent exacts, c’est que personne ne semble comprendre pourquoi la France se démarque à
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