
Geology students, high school students… Let’s all go to Iceland!
Published on: June 21 , 2018
Students in the master's programs in "Earth Dynamics and Natural Hazards" and…

Science Makes Its Way into the World of Soccer
Published on: June 20 , 2018
Soccer is a high-intensity sport: generally, soccer players cover 8 to 12 km…

The Secrets of Tardigrades: These Cosmic Pokémon
Published on: June 8 , 2018
They are clawed and mythically beautiful. Tardigrades, microscopic invertebrates with…

Ticks and the Bacteria They Carry: A Dangerous Combination
Published on: June 6 , 2018
Ticks have a bad reputation, and that reputation is often well-deserved. These creatures…

Chronic Pain: Why It Persists, Even When the Cause Has Disappeared
Published on: April 18 , 2018
Certain types of pain, caused by an accident, a fall, or surgery, …

[LUM#7] Beauty Revealed
Published on: March 27 , 2018
Faces, landscapes, works of art… Both universal and relative, beauty holds many…

[LUM#6] Citizens and Scientists
Published on: October 3 , 2017
A citizen science project to measure air quality: when researchers and…

[LUM#6] Flowers at the Planet's Bedside
Published on: September 19 , 2017
To remediate contaminated soil and polluted water, Claude Grison and his ChimEco laboratory…

[LUM#6] After the Trauma
Published on: August 29 , 2017
Life sometimes throws brutal events our way… Far from being trivial, they lead to…

[LUM#6] The Healed Body
Published on: August 22 , 2017
Replacing damaged or diseased cells with healthy ones… That’s the basic idea…

[LUM#6] The Origins of Speech
Published on: July 25 , 2017
Baboons produce sounds that are quite similar to human vowels. And this is despite their…

[LUM#6] Asian Hornet vs. Carnivorous Plant
Published on: July 11 , 2017
The Asian hornet is invading France and Europe, threatening our already struggling bees…

[LUM#6] At the Heart of the Crater
Published on: July 3 , 2017
How was the giant Chicxulub crater formed by an asteroid impact…

UM Student-Built NanosatelliteUM Orbit
Published on: June 19 , 2017
ROBUSTA 1B, the University of Montpellier’s second nanosatellite, which launched this Friday…

Mada at the Heart
Published on: May 30 , 2017
There are six of them—all passionate about nature and ecology. The project by theseUM studentsUM

Students in Orbit
Published on: May 30 , 2017
With their Celesta nanosatellite, students fromUM been selected by…