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2024.11.04
The DNA contained in our cells is the molecule that carries genetic information and serves as the main basis for heredity. It is composed of nucleotides,...
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2024.06.10
© musée des Confluences – Bertrand Stofleth
The exhibition looks back at a shared history involving humans, animals and microorganisms, the history of...
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2022.10.29
Lieu: La Cité des Congrès de Nantes
The festival brings together scientists, science fiction authors and artists, "lay experts" and the general public with the aim of opening up imaginations...
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2022.11.24
What does the term "toxin" mean? Louis Pasteur did not yet know when he identified bacteria as the cause of putrefaction in 1880. In his review article...
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2023.01.31
On June 28, 1871, Louis Pasteur filed an invention patent for a beer production process. He had observed that fermentation was caused by microorganisms, and...
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2021.11.08
In its 2019-2023 Strategic Plan, the Institut Pasteur confirms its long-term strategy to "promote open access to publications and research data." In 2021, in...
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2023.01.12
Dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever, Zika – these are all names of diseases that we have learned to fear, but we don't always understand how they might be...
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2023.12.18
"We have now reached a point that the experts in the IPCC anticipated 50 years ago. The reality of climate change is no longer in doubt. The acceleration of...
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2023.01.18
This book, published on January 18, 2023, details for the very first time the discoveries of the scientist whose research revolutionized our understanding of...
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2022.12.27
On December 27, 1822, Louis Pasteur was born to Jean-Joseph Pasteur, a tanner, and his wife Jeanne-Étiennette Pasteur. Two hundred years on, we celebrate the...