In the secrecy of the labs

Comment nos récepteurs olfactifs reconnaissent-ils les molécules odorantes ? Avec l’avènement des réseaux de neurones, une équipe de chimistes du CNRS vient de parvenir à prédire les interactions entre l’ensemble des odorants et les récepteurs connus. Une avancée cruciale pour comprendre le fonctionnement de l’odorat grâce à l’IA. L’odorat est

En 2017, des chercheurs du CEA ont découvert une enzyme qui permet aux microalgues de transformer certains de leurs acides gras en hydrocarbures à l’aide de l’énergie lumineuse. Propriété rare que celle de la lumière puisqu’elle permet aux microalgues de convertir leurs acides gras directement en hydrocarbures. Aujourd’hui, avec l’institut

During the cold season, the seeds of the plants sleep. As soon as the weather conditions become optimal, the miracle of Spring wakes them up and they start to germinate. An extraordinary internal clock that sets the rhythm of the plant cycle, observed by all gardeners since the dawn of time. What

« Metafabric » est le nom de ce tissu expérimental mis au point par des scientifiques chinois ; il pourrait permettre de garder les corps humains beaucoup plus frais, grâce à un textile qui réfléchit la lumière et la chaleur à un degré remarquable. Une invention qui pourrait s’avérer indispensable alors que le

Suez et Fermentalg annoncent la création d’une coentreprise pour industrialiser la valorisation de CO2 issu de la méthanisation en biomasse valorisables pour le biocontrôle ou l’alimentation animale, se positionnant comme acteurs majeurs de la qualité de l’air et du combat contre le changement climatique. Des solutions innovantes et fondées sur

The MINES ParisTech engineering school aims to increase its leadership in the field of predictive sciences for the Industry of the future, by mobilizing all its skills in a research, development and training offer that takes advantage of the convergence of intensive computing resources, numerical simulation tools and algorithms for the processing of

Robolution is on. By 2030, the number of robots could outnumber the number of humans on our planet. This is why the French startup Mainbot has chosen to prepare the new generations for tomorrow's world by creating Winky, an educational robot for children from 5 to 12 years old.

This new study is challenging our certainties about bacteria and the microbial world. Until now, we thought that these little bugs could only move around by using a vehicle: a man or an animal. Their lifespan outside of their host was

Is this the end of the shots to make vaccines? They have traumatized dozens of generations of children and will probably soon be discarded. To replace them, scientists, who are never short of imagination, have invented a self-motorized pill that swallows itself in the simplest way possible and will

Researchers at Télécom ParisTech, in collaboration with the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB), have developed new optical sources. Low energy consumption and very stable in temperature, these lasers offer promising performances for photonics on silicon, a material that has become an essential component of

Imagine your body adorned with flashing light tattoos and a sophisticated circuit network design. Cyberpunk science fiction, you might say. And yet, these new tattoos are coming: they'll give us personalized health advice in real time. They'll connect our biology to the web, and put the Internet of things at the

A self-healing membrane that acts like an inverted filter, blocking small particles and letting large ones through, is the "straight out of science fiction" work of a team of mechanical engineers at Penn State. Researchers at Pennsylvania State University in the United States have just manufactured a new type of

 At a time when digital technology is shaking up the world of healthcare, researchers, engineers and companies are working together in Nantes on joint projects to design concrete solutions resulting from digital developments. One of their projects, a thought-driven avatar, is creating real opportunities to improve the quality of life for patients.