CNRS

CNRS

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The Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), also known as the French National Centre for Scientific Research, is a state-owned research organization founded in France in 1939. Employing approximately 18,170 people, CNRS conducts research across various scientific disciplines, including life sciences, physical sciences, and social sciences. Its research activities aim to address contemporary and future challenges. The organization is considered a globally prominent research institution.

Revenue

Founded

1939

Headcount

18,166

Headquarters

France

Primary Segment

Research Services

Ownership

State Owned

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Jul

9th

2025

14:55

President Macron launches Imperial-CNRS joint engineering laboratory

by Thomas Angus [Photographer], Deborah Evanson, Stephen Johns 09 July 2025 The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, celebrated the launch of a new joint engineering laboratory between Imperial and France's CNRS. President Macron visited Imperial’s South Kensington campus to meet the engineers who will lead the new laboratory and spoke about the growing UK-French scientific partnerships.

Imperial College London

Jul

9th

2025

09:57

Macron launches joint UK-France research laboratory at Imperial

Imperial College London and France’s National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) have announced a joint engineering laboratory which will “harness AI and emerging technologies across all engineering disciplines”, in a move welcomed by Emmanuel Macron. The French president visited Imperial’s South Kensington campus on 9 July as part of a state visit, to meet the engineers who will lead the new laboratory and discuss growing UK-French scientific partnerships.

Times Higher Education

Jul

9th

2025

09:50

Awards and Recognitions,

Dr. Julien Robert-Paganin receives the CNRS Bronze Medal 2025

Decoding the molecular motors of life to better understand and treat cardiac and parasitic diseases: this is the challenge taken up by Dr. Julien Robert-Paganin, CNRS Research Scientist in the Structural Motility team (CNRS UMR144 / Sorbonne University) led by Dr. Anne Houdusse at Institut Curie.

Jul

9th

2025

09:29

Optimal Tree Mix, Planting Boost Forest Yields, Services

A new paper published in Nature Communications reveals how the way tree species are arranged in a forest can help optimise ecosystem functioning and productivity. The study was conducted using empirical field data combined with advanced computer models and simulations by researchers at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Leipzig University, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, and the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS).

Jul

9th

2025

03:45

Special Issue: Gender Equality

Elena Stancanelli Elena Stancanelli is a professor of Economics at the Paris School of Economics and the CNRS Research Director. She is an applied micro-economist. Her research interests are in the area of applied household economics, with special focus on gender and time allocation.

Jul

8th

2025

22:04

Colonisation, quand le droit enferme les esprits | Silvia Falconieri (CNRS)

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Jul

8th

2025

08:54

Scientists finally reveal what really lies beneath a volcano

Ever wondered what really lies underneath a volcano? Well researchers have developed a new imaging technique that lets them do just that. A research team from the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the Paris Institute of Planetary Physics (IPGP) have come up with a take on a technique known as matrix imaging (which is used in the medical profession) alongside using optical microscopes, reports Science Alert.

Jul

7th

2025

19:32

Children under three can learn new words even when speakers wear masks

A research team from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the University of Grenoble Alpes—Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) has shown that from the age of two, children can learn new words even when the person talking to them has their mouth or eyes covered.

Jul

7th

2025

13:32

A study shakes up received ideas on male domination among primates

According to a new scientific study, conflict between males and females is very frequent among primates, representing over half of all conflicts. The winning gender in confrontations varies considerably from one species to another 1 .

Jul

7th

2025

03:30

Obesity: the unexpected role of astrocytes

Fatty diets and obesity affect the structure and function of astrocytes 1 , the star-shaped brain cells located in the striatum, a brain region involved in the perception of pleasure generated by food consumption. What is even more surprising is that by manipulating these astrocytes in vivo in mice can influence metabolism and correct certain cognitive changes associated with obesity (ability to relearn a task, for example).

Jul

6th

2025

18:30

Cross-Influence of Tick and Host Skin Microbiomes During Tick Bites: A New Frontier in Understanding Pathogen Transmission

A new study conducted by researchers from Vaiomer, University of Strasbourg and CNRS explores the dramatic microbial shifts that occur during the tick-feeding process: • The skin bacteria in mice deeply impacted by the tick bitemostly replaced by bacteria coming from the tick.

Jul

4th

2025

18:30

The tribulations of the chihuahua in America

Researchers have shown that dogs had a place in the first agricultural societies of Central and South America more than 5,000 years ago. But the arrival of European settlers brought about a drastic change. The only native American dogs remaining today are… Chihuahuas! The history of the dog on the American continent began in the upper latitudes some 15,000 years before our era.

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