CNRS

Energy transfer constitutes a basic step of photosynthesis, photocatalysis and operation of optoelectronic devices in which the energy of a photon absorbed by one entity (donor) is transferred to another entity (acceptor) where it is further processed. The fundamentals ...

Carbonaceous aerosols (organic and black carbon) remain a major unresolved issue in atmospheric science, especially in urban centers, where they are one of the dominant aerosol constituents and among most toxic to human health. The challenge is twofold: first, our under...

Most traffic signs in the Middle East today bear city names transcribed in Latin characters, making them familiar to all. It was the opposite in the 7th c. with the Arab conquest and the Hellenisation of the empire. The Latin script disappeared from the monumental graph...

Personalized medicine is promising to change the health and prophylactics sectors, already showing large societal and economic impact. High throughput immune sequencing technologies give us insight into a unique personal medical record - our immune system’s memory of al...

Climate change leads to increasing weathering cycles on landscapes and the built environment. Promotion of alternative energy sources such as geothermal energy intensifies cyclic perturbations of the underground environment. Both lead to precipitation-dissolution cycles...