Notable discoveries
- Astrophysicists reveal structure of 74 exocomet belts orbiting nearby stars in landmark surveyOn January 17, 2025Astrophysicists led by a team from Trinity have – for the first time – imaged a large number of exocomet belts around nearby stars, and the tiny pebbles within them. Crystal-clear images show light being emitted from mil...Find out more
- Discovery of Atmospheric CO2 "Jumps" Over the Last 500,000 Years in Antarctic Ice CoresOn October 11, 2024A new study, supported by the Make Our Planet Great Again program as part of the HOTCLIM project, and conducted by an international scientific team led by the Institute of Environmental Geosciences in Grenoble (IGE - CNR...Find out more
- A “pseudo-prion” molecule protects the brain from Alzheimer’s disease in miceOn June 18, 2024A research team, involving scientists from Grenoble Institut des neurosciences (GIN - CEA/CHUGA/Inserm/UGA) and Laboratoire des maladies neurodégénératives (CNRS/CEA/Université Paris-Saclay), has discovered that the inje...Find out more
- Treatment of aggressive breast cancer: discovery of a new protein involved in the development of metastasesOn January 31, 2024A protein found abundantly in breast cancers that are refractory to conventional treatments is thought to cause the development of metastasis. Targeting it would prevent metastatic spread and therefore increase patients ...Find out more
- Antarctica's biggest recorded heatwave fully decipheredOn January 9, 2024Thanks to the collaboration of an international team of 54 scientists from 14 countries, led by the Université Grenoble Alpes, the exceptional heat event of March 15-19, 2022, has been fully documented. An exhaustive des...Find out more
Published on October 7, 2020
Updated on October 7, 2020
Updated on October 7, 2020