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ENS de Lyon was ranked 7th of the World's best small universities (THE, 2018)

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ENS de Lyon performs among the best 8% universities worldwide according to 2023 QS World University Rankings

Moving from the 130th to the 111th place, ENS de Lyon confirms its 5th place among the French Universities for the fourth year.

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The ENS de Lyon is home to numerous research laboratories in the fields of exact sciences, social sciences and the humanities. Research activity at the ENS de Lyon is reflected in the number of publications and citations of its researchers, projects funded by the ERC and Horizon H2020, numerous scientific events, etc.

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The downside of speed in information processing

Publication of the LPENSL in the journal Physical Review Letters on February 17, 2022. CNRS-INP communication on April 11, 2022.

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Abbasso la critica! letteratura, critica e fascism

Stéphanie Lanfranchi is a lecturer in Italian studies at the ENS de Lyon and a member of the Triangle laboratory.

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Perseverance records the first ever sounds from Mars

Publication of LGL-TPE in Nature on April 1st, 2022. CNRS press release on April 1st, 2022.

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Elliptical Birefringent Rib-Channel Chirowaveguides for Quasicircularly Polarized Light Applications in Integrated Photonics

Publication of the LCH in the journal Advances in Photonics Research on March 7, 2022. CNRS-INC communication on March 29, 2022.

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Were dinosaur communities stable before their extinction? A dietary perspective using calcium isotopes

Publication of the LGL-TPE in the journal Bulletin of the Geological Society of America on February 10, 2022. CNRS-INSU communication on March 10, 2022.

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Mars: Curiosity rover delivers new observations of the geological history of Aeolis Mons

Publication of the LGL-TPE in the journal JGR-Planets on March 2, 2022. Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University Press release on March 7, 2022.

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Covid-19 - Towards a vaccination strategy adapted to immunosuppressed patients

Publication of the CIRI in the journal Science Translational Medicine on February 1st, 2022. Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University focus on February 24, 2022.

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Wolbachia manipulates insect spermatozoa with a nuclear toxin

Publication of the LBMC in the journal Current biology on February 7, 2022. CNRS-INSB communication on February 21, 2022.

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Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Pluridisciplinarity
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Metabolism Studies Symposium : Materiality & Relationality in the Anthropocene

Monday, July 04, 2022

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End of year celebration

Monday, July 18, 2022

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Archaeology
13th Celtic Conferences in Classics

Friday, September 09, 2022

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Experiences and roles of spectators in and outside the theatre

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Studying at the ENS de Lyon offers the opportunity to pursue a degree from L3 to doctorate with individualized courses.

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