Art and archaeology are the new frontiers for AI
Algorithms are increasingly reliable for identifying the content of images, but so far have not been able to evaluate their aesthetic or emotional value. A new horizon that artificial intelligence...
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Covid-19: What have we learned from the pandemic?
From the Neolithic period to modern times, from cattle plague to SARS-CoV-2, the emergence of new infectious diseases has often been the result of changes that mankind has inflicted on...
Stockage de données : la révolution sur ADN
Deux déclarations révolutionnaires fondatrices stockées et encapsulées dans de l’ADN ont fait leur entrée aux Archives nationales le 23 novembre. Derrière ce projet, la technologie DNA Drive, [...]
Jean Dalibard, médaille d’or 2021 du CNRS
Le brillant physicien, spécialiste reconnu des atomes froids, un domaine au cœur de l’interaction entre la matière et la lumière, Jean Dalibard a reçu la médaille d’or du CNRS 2021,...
La radioactivité naturelle, moteur d’une vie souterraine insoupçonnée
Au fond des mines ou sous l’océan, les forages révèlent la présence d’immenses communautés de micro-organismes dans les profondeurs de la Terre. Mais comment l’expliquer ? Par la [...]
The James Webb Space Telescope is set to explore the early Universe
After a series of delays, the James Webb Space Telescope is at last scheduled for launch on 18 December. Its instruments have been designed to observe the most distant objects...
How are oceans born?
The oceans have not always looked the same as they do today. Their shape and size keep changing over the course of geological time. There are even places on Earth...
Fascinantes images de science
La nouvelle édition du concours La preuve par l’image, organisé par le CNRS avec l’Acfas, son partenaire québécois, livre ses lauréats. Découvrez ces vingt photos et images fascinantes, issues de...
The mechanics of sea ice
Major climate models are based on a series of more specific overlapping models that are in constant interaction with one another. However, those describing the behaviour of sea ice have...
Understanding urban heat islands
The effects of urban heat islands, which can increase temperatures in cities by as much as 10 °C, are particularly noticeable in summer. For some twenty years Valéry Masson has...