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UNESCO

The United Nations proclaims the Decade of Ocean Sciences (2021-2030).

Les Nations unies ont proclamé la Décennie des sciences océaniques pour le développement durable (2021-2030). Cette initiative vise à mobiliser la communauté scientifique, les décideurs politiques, les entreprises, et la société civile autour d’un programme commun de recherche et d’innovation technologique.   La proclamation de cette Décennie est un aboutissement

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climate-financing

3 objectives to finance climate change aid, according to IDDRI: Mitigation, adaptation, development

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As host and key player at COP 21, France is organizing the One Planet Summit in Paris on 12 December 2017. This international summit on financing the fight against climate change, as called for by President Macron, has two main objectives: to maintain the momentum and hope generated by the COP 21 and to promote the development of a global climate change strategy.

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robotics

Conor Walsh or the Walk of the Robots

By combining technical textiles and robotics, Irish biomedical engineer Conor Walsh and his team of specialists at the Harvard Biodesign Lab are revolutionizing the rehabilitation of stroke patients with Exosuit. This is not a replacement for existing rehabilitation methods; this new tool is not a replacement for existing rehabilitation methods.

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scientific knowledge

How do the French view scientific research?

Proud of the French scientific community, the French have an unshakeable faith in research, a vector of progress and competitiveness for the country, according to the exclusive Quattrocento - Opinionway study: "French views and expectations on scientific research". Innovation, financing, business creation: is French research still in the race?

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sociological and technological change

Social changes - Technological changes: a crossroads of views

Numerous innovations are revolutionizing the world, calling into question economic balances and lifestyles. Technological advances and the social transformations that result from them or are at the origin of them give rise to both enthusiasm and controversy, both on their long-term scope and the risks they entail. The changes

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ecological transition

Hulot, ADEME, Solar Impulse: an alliance to fight global warming

Le 30 octobre 2017, en présence de Nicolas Hulot, Bruno Lechevin, Président de l’ADEME, et Bertrand Piccard (1), Président de la fondation Solar Impulse, ont signé un Memorandum d’Entente. Grâce à cet accord, l’Alliance mondiale pour les solutions efficientes et l’ADEME renforceront leur coopération pour promouvoir les technologies propres et

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cancer research

French genome interpretation software wins award in New York City

IntegraGen, a company specialized in the decoding of the human genome and the development of diagnostic tools in cancerology, announces that it has received the Prix Galien MedStartUp 2017 in the category of "Best Collaborations in Innovative Therapies and Diagnostics", for its ICE project, during the MedStartUp conference which took place in Paris on October 26th, 2010, in the presence of the French Ministry of Health.

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Social Innovations

Digital social innovations: theoretical clarity... but great empirical vagueness

Le premier obstacle que rencontre un chercheur travaillant sur les innovations sociales numériques (ISN) est celui de leur définition. S’agit-il d’une nouvelle expression fourre-tout ? Une combinaison de trois mots à la mode ? Ces innovations ont souvent une connotation positive associée aux notions d’ouverture, de collaboration ou d’inclusion, à l’inverse d’innovations

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competitive cluster

What policy for the Competitiveness Clusters?

Our country currently has 71 labelled competitiveness clusters, 7 of which are global in scope. Thirteen years after their creation, are they still adapted to the needs of the economy, i.e. to group together and make companies, higher education institutions, and organizations of the economy work in synergy on the same territory?

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seabubbles

SeaBubbles makes bad buzz in Paris

Tous les parisiens attendaient avec impatience l’arrivée des SeaBubbles sur la Seine. Ces bulles volantes, nouveau concept du navigateur Alain Thébault pour développer un mode de transport des plus écologiques. Ces machines volantes devaient être mises en service ces jours-ci. Las ! Le lancement est reporté à plus tard pour d’obscures

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