MOOD: A project to improve the detection of emerging diseases
Published on: March 24 , 2020
Coordinated from Montpellier by Renaud Lancelot, a researcher at CIRAD, the MOOD project has been bringing together…
Has the mystery of tardigrades’ extreme resilience finally been solved?
Published on: March 11 , 2020
September 2007. A Russian rocket lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying…
When a Nobel laureate in chemistry endorses a battery
Published on: January 6 , 2020
While the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to the pioneers of the lithium-ion battery, this…
[LUM#10] Cells in Crisis
Published on: January 2 , 2020
Energy efficiency isn't just about our lifestyle; it also determines…
[LUM#10] Less Salt, More Life
Published on: December 26 , 2019
Less salt for fewer cardiovascular events? That’s what the research suggests…
[LUM#11] At the Heart of a Work of Art
Published on: December 20 , 2019
Humidity, temperature fluctuations, the passage of time… in museums, paintings on…
[LUM#10] A Revolution in Contraception
Published on: December 19 , 2019
Nine students from Montpellier are working on a revolutionary method of contraception: a…
[LUM#10] Are you polychronic or monochronic?
Published on: December 12 , 2019
Do you ever feel like you’ll never see the end of it, or like there aren’t enough hours in the day?…
Food Risks and Hazards: The Great Confusion
Published on: November 28 , 2019
In light of recent reports in the media (a fire at the company…
NAGOYA Protocol: Universities at the Heart of ABS Initiatives
Published on: November 5 , 2019
The University of Montpellier enforces regulations governing access to resources…
UM researchers take home the gold in Boston
Published on: November 5 , 2019
For the second year in a row, a team of UM students has won a medal…
The Viral Odyssey of Zika Finally Revealed
Published on: October 17 , 2019
The Montpellier Institute for Infectious Research (CNRS/UM) has demonstrated the ability of…
The digital divide should not be viewed from an individual perspective but rather from a collective one
Published on: October 14 , 2019
What if, instead of thinking about the “digital divide” in terms of individuals—those with access and those without…
Seas of Exile: The Last Refuges of Large Marine Predators
Published on: September 13 , 2019
To escape the pressure caused by human activities, large marine predators have…
[LUM#9] The Immunology Virus
Published on: July 23 , 2019
Nadège Nziza is completing her Ph.D. in biology in the Stem Cells and Plasticity Laboratory…
[LUM#9] An Introduction to Interferon
Published on: July 16 , 2019
Caroline Goujon, a virologist at the Montpellier Institute for Infectious Disease Research (IRIM)…