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The SPIRou Planet Search for Habitable worlds – SPlaSH
The objective of the SPlaSH project is to exploit the part of the SPIRor Legacy Survey dedicated to the search and characterization of extrasolar planets around M dwarfs. SPIRou, the new near-infrared spectropolarimeter and velocimeter installed at the CFH Telescope, is designed to be a world leader
The Promises of Soil Carbon Sequestration: Innovations, Organisations, Knowledge – POSCA
Long viewed mostly in terms of agricultural fertility, soil is now increasingly viewed as a global stock of underground carbon that we need to measure, map, model, control and optimize. As soil is recast in terms of its place in the global carbon cycle, soils sciences are shifting from an obscure,
The Preferences for Redistribution: Foundations, Representation and Implications for Social Decisions – RediPref
The growth of social inequalities is a major source of concern for most Western countries. While all citizens agree on this, there are different views on the attitudes that governments should have towards it. How do citizens perceive these inequalities? Should all inequalities be considered unfair?
The NILE & AFAR areas: hydrological change sensitivity and impact on past human adaptation since 20,000 years – NILAFAR
Numerical models that synthesize our knowledge of the climate system predict extreme variations in the water cycle over the future decades that will impact natural resources and populations. In the Horn of Africa, for several thousand years, periods of intense and weak monsoons have determined the a
The Mountain Glacier forecast framework – MAGIC
The widespread retreat of glaciers is a significant effect of climate change. This decline will continue in the future with significant social consequences. The aim of this project is to provide a robust numerical framework for past and future modelling of glacier evolution and to reduce uncertain
The Manuscrit du Roi. Image, Text and Music – MaRITEM
Produced during the second half of the 13th century, the Manuscrit du Roi (Paris BnF fr. 844) contains 602 musical compositions from multiple musical and linguistic traditions. The codex contains songs of the trouvères and troubadours, motets, instrumental works, and some religious pieces. Certain g
The LINE-1 regulatory network: genome-wide impact of recent transposable elements on mammalian genic activity – ImpacTE
Repetitive DNA sequences account for almost half of the human and mouse genomes. Most of them are degenerated remnants of ancient mobile genetic elements. However, a subset of evolutionary recent transposable elements, particularly those belonging to the LINE-1 (L1) retrotransposon family, actively
The Integration by Religions of Migrants in Burkina Faso – Relinsert
This project started from questions related to the work of the American anthropologist E.P. Skinner and from several field observations carried out previously by members of the team. In the 1950s, Skinner noted that Moose migrants in Côte d'Ivoire, who were often practicing «traditional« religions w
The IRON cycle in deep-sea hydrothermal vents: role of iron-reducing and iron-oxidizing MIcroorganisms and impact on MInerals alteration – IRON2MI
In front of the increasing societal demand for deep-sea mining and the future quantification and exploitation of the deep-sea mineral resources, it is of importance to better understand the contribution of the microbial compartment on the mineral alteration processes that can participate to the modi
The HUman Supply cHain behind smart technologies – HUSH
The production of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions relies on the crucial, yet often invisible, contribution of “microworkers” in long global production chains. These workers perform microtasks essential to preparing the data needed for AI development, such as labeling images or verifying trans
