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The silent peril of forever chemicals

Stéphane Vuilleumier, Professor of Microbiology and Environmental Biology at Université de Strasbourg, Michaël Ryckelynck, Professor of Biochemistry at Université de Strasbourg
On January 10th, 2024
4 min reading time
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π Digital π Society π Geopolitics

The ways AI will change the future of work

Janine Berg, Economist with the International Labour Organisation (UN)
On January 10th, 2024
4 min reading time
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π Videos π Science and technology π Economics

Blockchain: technology is improving but regulation still inadequate

Daniel Augot, Research Director at Inria and Co-head of the Blockchain Chair, Xavier De Boissieu, Founder of Quadratic Labs
On December 5th, 2023
4 min reading time
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π Energy π Planet

What is the carbon footprint of electric bikes?

Anne De Bortoli, Carbon neutrality researcher at Polytechnique Montréal
On December 5th, 2023
4 min reading time
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π Science and technology π Planet

Why are scientists honing in on telecommunications cables at the bottom of the sea?

Anthony Sladen, CNRS Researcher at Université Côte d'Azur
On December 5th, 2023
4 min reading time
Brain integrated into a cpu on a circuit board, brain processor. Ai, aritificial intelligence, biocomputing, biocomputer concepts.
π Science and technology π Digital

Biocomputing: the promise of biological computing

Thomas Hartung, Director of the Centres for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT) and editor-in-chief of Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence
On November 28th, 2023
3 min reading time
Soldier launches reconnaissance drone. Modern technology at war
π Science and technology π Geopolitics

"It is virtually impossible to defend against drones"

Thierry Berthier, Scientific director of the European professional federation for security drones
On November 28th, 2023
4 min reading time
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π Videos π Science and technology π Digital π Society

ChatGPT, Midjourney: everything you need to know about generative AI

Éric Moulines, Professor of Statistical Learning at École Polytechnique (IP Paris), Hatim Bourfoune, AI research engineer at IDRIS (CNRS), Pierre Cornette, AI support engineer at IDRIS (CNRS)
On November 21st, 2023
5 min reading time
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π Planet π Energy π Industry

Climate change: why is El Niño “acting up”?

Lauriane Batté, Head of the Climatic Analysis and Monitoring Department at Météo-France, Juliette Mignot, Oceanographer at Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD)
On November 21st, 2023
4 min reading time
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π Energy π Industry π Planet π Science and technology

What should be done with the millions of used tyres?

Thomas Grandin, In charge of the tyre and ELV sector at ADEME, Jean-Philippe Faure, Head of Research & Development and Director of Research and Innovation at Aliapur, Ludovic Moulin, PhD in Process and Environmental Engineering, R&D Manager at Alpha Carbone, and guest researcher in the MARVAPOL joint laboratory with IMT Mines Albi
On November 14th, 2023
4 min reading time