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Water, the urban challenge
Published on: January 12, 2022
Good quality water in sufficient quantity is not a matter of course. In fact, it's...
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In Africa, more sequencing is needed to better monitor variants
Published on: January 05, 2022
The rapid spread of the Omicron variant, first identified in South Africa and...
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"Chemsex": behind the scenes of the dangerous alliance between sex and amphetamines
Published on: January 03, 2022
The phenomenon appeared in the United States and some major European cities at the beginning of...
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How synthetic amphetamines made their mark
Published on: January 03, 2022
In an interview published on April 18, 2021, French President Emmanuel Macron...
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A l'UM la science [S01-ep08]: From zebrafish regeneration to the end-of-year best-of
Published on: January 03, 2022
This week, Farida Djouad, Director of Research at Inserm, talks about the fabulous...
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A dam against the Mediterranean
Published on: December 17, 2021
It's a tangible reality: beaches are disappearing before our very eyes. What is causing...
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Omicron, Delta, Alpha... Understanding the ball of variants
Published on: December 13, 2021
Discovered on November 25 and declared "of concern" by the WHO the following day, the...
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A l'UM la science [S01-ep07]: From flax fibers to eco-packaging
Published on: December 10, 2021
This week, Olivier Arnould of the Laboratoire de mécanique et génie civil goes back in time to...
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Chipepo Kankasa, "the obsession with transmission".
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A l'UM la science [S01-ep06]: From teaching evolution to collecting ornithology
Published on: December 02, 2021
This week, Mathieu Sicard from Isem and Sylvie Hurtrez from the Mivegec laboratory...
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"We need to rethink our food systems as a whole".
Published on: December 01, 2021
In Africa, climate change, political instability and population growth...
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"If the epidemic continues at this rate, stronger measures will be needed to avoid hospital tensions."
Published on: November 29, 2021
While the Omicron variant and its multiple mutations are the focus of much attention,...
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A l'UM la science [S01-ep05]: From giant sloth to sclerochronology platform
Published on: November 25, 2021
This week, Pierre-Olivier Antoine, paleontologist at Isem, tells us about the discovery of the...
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How are new frog species formed?
Published on: November 22, 2021
How do similar animals evolve to form different species that have become...
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A l'UM la science [S01-ep04]: From cancer ecology to zoology collection
Published on: November 19, 2021
This week, Mivegec doctoral student Justine Boutry talks about the influence of cancer on...
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On the elephant trail
Published on: November 17, 2021
What if memory wasn't elephants' most amazing attribute after all? Some...