Is cryptography, the guardian of our digital security, crumbling in the face of quantum computers' power? A group of Chinese researchers appears to have reached a milestone by breaking RSA encryption ...
When we observe an hourglass, when we fix our gaze on the grains of sand falling, we have the feeling that time is flowing continuously. We think this has been the case since the birth of the world, ...
It is hard to do our shopping without being offered products to protect our microflora! Our body is said to host ten times more bacteria than cells. Really? Our digestive system contains a huge number ...
In March 2022, Russia invaded part of Ukrainian territory. As the world's fifth-largest wheat exporter, Ukraine's war amplified an already mounting global food crisis. However, the war's effects on ...
Let's imagine a future in which humanity has disappeared, leaving behind ecosystems in the midst of transformation. Interactions among species are reorganizing, and new dynamics emerge, shaping a new ...
What really happens in our brain when we think or move? This question, as old as it is fascinating, takes a new turn thanks to a recent study. Australian researchers have uncovered a principle of ...
If planet X exists, it is likely a gas giant similar to Neptune. NASA/Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC), CC BY Our solar system is a particularly crowded place. Millions of objects move within it, whether they ...
What if the next technological revolution lay within our own biology? A team of researchers has successfully used DNA as a data storage medium, with a method inspired by old printing techniques. The ...
What if the key to our fight against plastic pollution was inside the gut of an insect? A recent scientific discovery sheds light on a species of worm capable of degrading polystyrene, paving the way ...
La consommation excessive de fructose est un phénomène de plus en plus préoccupant, non seulement en raison de ...
Une équipe internationale de scientifiques a découvert que les ondes de déformation générées par des impulsions lumineuses ...
Les océans sont souvent perçus comme de simples réservoirs d'eau régulant le climat. Pourtant, ils cachent un rôle chimique ...