
[LUM#8] The hidden life of our genes
Published on: November 6 , 2018
While genetics is the study of genes, epigenetics...

[LUM#8] Research
Published on: October 30 , 2018
What will the apartment of tomorrow look like? For three years, a team of researchers will...

[LUM#8] Towards greener chemistry
Published on: October 23 , 2018
By revisiting the ancient technique of mortar and pestle, researchers at the Institute of...

[LUM#8] A robot vacuum cleaner at the bottom of the ocean
Published on: October 16 , 2018
Under the leadership of Vincent Creuze, researcher at Lirmm, and Sébastien Dutertre, researcher at...

Oil at over $80 a barrel: bad for the economy, good for the climate?
Published on: October 10 , 2018
When he left the government, Nicolas Hulot cited among the reasons for his resignation the...

[LUM#8] Protecting life
Published on: October 9 , 2018
Faced with the major ecological crisis our planet is going through, this is the crucial challenge that...

The impact of pellets and drops: same fight
Published on: September 28 , 2018
The impact of a drop on a surface has always fascinated mankind; even Leonardo da Vinci...

The Whale Lighthouse on Île de Ré, a reminder of energy transitions
Published on: August 20 , 2018
Every summer, the population of Île de Ré, which is just over 17,000 in winter, sees...

Hospitals: when caregivers come up with their own solutions to their discomfort
Published on: July 16 , 2018
Suicides among nurses, mass resignations of emergency room doctors at the end of their tether, strikes...

Music in the sights of industrial groups
Published on: July 12 , 2018
The French music industry is being shaken up by the unprecedented entry of industrial groups...

Did the Romans hunt whales in the Mediterranean?
Published on: July 11 , 2018
Commercial whaling, previously thought to have begun with the...

Science enters the world of soccer
Published on: June 20 , 2018
Football is a fast-paced game: football players typically cover 8 to 12 km...

In France, mosquitoes also transmit the Usutu virus.
Published on: June 18 , 2018
The events took place two years ago, but scientists have only just discovered...

Nadège Nziza, finalist in “My Thesis in 180 Seconds”
Published on: June 14 , 2018
A resident of Montpellier by adoption, Nadège Nziza is a doctoral student at the University of Montpellier in physiopathology.

A “gay match”: everyday homophobia and imposed heterosexuality
Published on: June 12 , 2018
Do you know how many soccer players in the world are openly gay? And how were they...

The secrets of tardigrades, those cosmic Pokémon
Published on: June 8 , 2018
They are clawed and mythologically beautiful. Tardigrades, microscopic invertebrates with...