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2025, International Year of Quantum Physics

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Replay émission Arte (28') avec Françoise Combes

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Françoise Combes, présidente de l’Académie des sciences, était l’invitée d’Élisabeth Quin sur Arte la semaine dernière. Une discussion passionnante sur l’actualité scientifique, les avancées de la recherche et les grands défis à venir.

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Human evolution, why are we here? - Keys to understanding

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Conférences
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Dome of the Institut de France
DU Thursday 09 October 2025 A 12H30 au Thursday 09 October 2025 A 14H00

Futurapolis Health Conference: Epigenetics, the master of gene expression - Giacomo Cavalli

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Opera Comédie Montpellier
DU Friday 10 October 2025 A 16H40 au Friday 10 October 2025 A 17H15

Neurobiology lecture - Meeting with Sonia Garel

Sonia Garel
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Grande salle des séances - Institut de France - 23 quai de Conti
DU Tuesday 04 November 2025 A 18H00 au Tuesday 04 November 2025 A 19H00

Open science and research evaluation - Issues and prospects

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Scientifiques & chercheurs
Grande Salle des séances
DU Tuesday 18 November 2025 A 14H30 au Tuesday 18 November 2025 A 17H30

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Human evolution, why are we here? - Keys to understanding

Visuel Clés pour comprendre
Conférences
All publics
Dome of the Institut de France
Thursday 09 October 2025 DE 12H30 A 13h00

Futurapolis Health Conference: Epigenetics, the master of gene expression - Giacomo Cavalli

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Conférences
All publics
Opera Comédie Montpellier
Friday 10 October 2025 DE 16H40 A 16h15

Neurobiology lecture - Meeting with Sonia Garel

Sonia Garel
Rencontres
All publics
Grande salle des séances - Institut de France - 23 quai de Conti
Tuesday 04 November 2025 DE 18H00 A 19h00

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In episode 10 of our series "Treasures from the archives" , Yves Queré, physicist and member of the Académie des sciences, tells us how a chance discovery led him to get his hands on an unpublished letter by Leibniz.

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Last March, BTS Audiovisual students from the Lycée Suger came to the Académie des Sciences to make a documentary.

This documentary deals with an essential subject: "Equality Between Women and Men in the Scientific Sphere"

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The Grande médaille is a distinction awarded each year, on an alternating basis, in the disciplines covered by each of the Academy's divisions, to a French or foreign scientist who has made a decisive contribution to the development of science, both through the originalit

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Stéphane Mallat, professor at the Collège de France and member of the Académie des sciences in the Mechanical and Computer Sciences section, receives the CNRS Gold Medal.

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