French physicist and academician Christophe Salomon has been awarded the prestigious Balzan Prize for his pioneering work using ultra-cold atoms to improve the accuracy of atomic clocks and, consequently, the measurement of time.

The Académie's archives preserve documents divided into different series: records of its academic sessions since 1667, records of prizes it has awarded since the 18th century, a collection of over 18,000 "sealed envelopes" deposited since 1735, as well as scientists'