European Heritage Days
News
2026.05.26
#1- How many species of ticks are there in the world, and how many in France?
Ticks are arachnids (like spiders or scorpions) belonging to the subclass Acari...
Portrait
2026.05.11
Borneo, aged 16 – a genetics class that changed everything
The story begins in Pontianak, an Indonesian city on the island of Borneo, with a biology class that...
News
2026.05.12
**Updated on May 22, 2026.**
** This text was translated using an AI-powered translation tool **
Hantaviruses comprise a large number of viruses whose...
News
2026.05.07
Much like humans who can get sick when infected by a virus, bacteria have pathogenic challenges of their own-phages. These are viruses which infect and...
Portrait
2026.03.30
A childhood shaped by science and empathy
Guillemette Masse-Ranson was born in northern France before moving to Greater Paris when she was five. She was...
News
2026.05.05
In the twenty years since the tiger mosquito was first reported in mainland France in 2004, it has conquered four-fifths of the country. How has it been able...
News
2026.02.12
Infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) causes more than a million deaths each year, largely because of complications like cirrhosis and liver cancer. There...
Vidéo
2026.01.12
Did you know that your immune system starts developing before you are even born?
In your body, certain cells called macrophages (literally “big eaters”) work...
Vidéo
2025.12.01
World AIDS Day: HIV is on the decline. Science, however, never stops.
Today, it is possible to live with HIV: treatments can block the virus until it becomes...
Portrait
2025.10.10
Sarah Merkling had never dreamed of becoming a scientist – until the day when, as a young student, she was blown away by a biology class about genetics....