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GMOs, shale gas, nuclear energy, climate change, stem cell research, drug efficacy: there is a long list of issues on which scientists have ceased to have a clear voice in our societies. First and foremost, there are uncertainties and controversies within …

On the "Autour de la question" program "From Monday to Thursday, from 4.10pm to 5pm (Paris time), from August 12 to 29, 2013, Caroline Lachowsky and the "Autour de la question" program team invite all audiences to spend the summer at the Collège de …

The Collège de France and the Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori of Pavia invite you to the Presentation of two volumes published by the Centro di Studi e Ricerche sui Diritti Antichi (CEDANT) on Friday September 13th, at 5.30pm, at the Collège de …

Colloquium, September 12-14, 2013 in Samarkand, co-organized by Prof. Frantz Grenet as part of the labex TransferS, partner of the Collège de France. Until recently, theoretical reflection on cultural transfers rarely went beyond the framework constituted …

mPI-CEC Mülheim CEA article " For the first time, a research team from the CEA [1] , Collège de France, CNRS and Joseph Fourier University in Grenoble, has developed a novel and effective process for activating in vitro an enzyme, hydrogenase, present in …

Program What remains of our loves? - Michel Zink Lecture at 5:00 pm, in the auditorium of the Bâtiment Le France, 190, avenue de France, 75013 Paris Chanter m'estuet Concert at 6:00 pm Songs of the troubadours and trouvères Ensemble Alla francesca …

Dominique Kerouedan Geopolitics of global health " Taking as her starting point the major developments in health cooperation over the last twenty years, Dominique Kerouedan looks at how transformations in global governance in the health sector are …

Yves Bréchet The science of materials : from meeting materials to tailor-made materials " Throughout the ages, man has applied his knowledge and know-how to mastering materials. We've gone from encountering materials available in our environment to …

Société Asiatique - Collège de France Centre de recherche sur les civilisations de l'Asie orientale (CNRS-UMR8155) and Unité Proche-Orient - Caucase (CNRS-UMR7192) june 10 and 11, 2013 Collège de France - Room 2 11 place Marcelin Berthelot, 75005 Paris …

Edith Heard Epigenetics and Cellular Memory " How is the information contained in our genes read, memorized and interpreted? What mechanisms control gene activity within an individual or across generations? Understanding these mechanisms is an essential …

Alain Supiot The greatness and misery of the welfare state " The legal history of the construction of the social state gives an idea of its greatness. But this debonair sovereign, tolerant of contestation and responsible for the well-being of his …

Study day organized by the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur and the Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, on June 5, 2013 at the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Nice site (Mont Gros) - Salle Nef. The lecture is open to the public, without registration, …

As part of Paris Sciences et Lettre (PSL), the ChADoCs association of young researchers at Collège de France is organizing a multidisciplinary day on May 31, starting at 9:00 am at PSL (62 bis rue Gay Lussac, Paris 5ème). The day will bring together …

Thursday, June 20, 2013 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m Collège de France Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs 11, place Marcelin-Berthelot 75005 Paris Organized by Jacques Glowinski, Michel Imbert, Lena Jami and Chantal Milleret. With the support of the Fondation …

Collège de France lecture series : " Athens and Rome, on the eve of the Roman conquest of Greece ". Monday, May 13, 2013 at 7:00 p.m Mégaron-Palais de la musique Athènes, Grèce Denis Knoepfler, chair Epigraphy and history of Greek …

Discoveries about cold atoms: a thunderclap for physicists The cooling of matter by light is without doubt one of the most paradoxical applications of lasers. While lasers are traditionally associated with the idea of heat, they also enable the lowest …

Anatole Abragam (1914-2011) Anatole Abragam was born in Moscow on December 15, 1914. He died on June 8, 2011 at the age of 96. A graduate of the École supérieure d'électricité, he was Director of Physics at the Commissariat pour l'énergie atomique from …

These games were devised by the INSERM-CEA Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit, a leading research center in mathematical cognition. The Number Catcher Play. Counting. Calculate. Fast, fun game software that lets you juggle numbers and teaches basic arithmetic …

Ceremony at the Collège de France Monday, February 4, 2013 Mr. François Hollande, President of the French Republic, pays tribute to Professor Serge Haroche, Administrator of the Collège de France, winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics. Download …

In 2012, the European Research Council (ERC) introduced the Synergy grants, whose funding enables a team of up to four principal investigators to collaborate on an innovative theme for a period of six years. Eleven projects were selected by the ERC in …

In 2012, the European Research Council (ERC) introduced the Synergy grants, whose funding enables a team of up to four principal investigators to collaborate on an innovative theme for a period of six years. The UQUAM project, proposed by Immanuel Bloch …

The toddler's interaction with the sound environment Friday, January 18, 2013 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m Collège de France 11, place Marcelin-Berthelot 75005 Paris Have you ever heard of the "Mozart effect", or how music can enhance intellectual capacity? And …

Introducing the Foundation Several successive donations (in 1886, 1894, 1897, 1902) enabled the creation of scholarships, which were later transformed into prizes; then, from 1900 onwards, a lectureship for mathematicians under the age of thirty who had …

Prof. Pierre Corvol received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from Semmelweis University in Budapest on November 16, 2012. Semmelweis University has conferred the title of honorary doctor upon nine professors at a November 16 ceremony held in the …