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According to a press release dated October 20, 2026. A consortium of scientists from Université Côte d’Azur and the CNRS—including members of the Institut de Physique de Nice, the Laboratoire de Physique at ENS de Lyon, the Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique in Grenoble, and several European partners—has uncovered a previously unknown mechanism for the relaxation of liquid foams after flow ceases. This research, published in October 2026 in Physical Review Letters, opens up new avenues for understanding and controlling soft materials. Thumbnail: A close-up photograph of a foam © AdaptaLux via Wikimedia Commons

According to a CNRS communications dated October 19, 2026. Based on a scientific paper published in Communications Engineering: “Fast automatic multiscale electron tomography for sensitive materials under environmental conditions.” Thumbnail credit: © MatéIS

According to a press release from Lyon 1 University / ENS de Lyon, dated October 6, 2026. An international research team, including the Lyon Laboratory of Geology: Earth, Planets, Environment (LGL-TPE – Lyon 1 University / ENS de Lyon / CNRS) and the Institut Lumière Matière (iLM – Lyon 1 University / CNRS), is shedding new light on the formation of “salt giants” through a study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. Thumbnail: The Dead Sea © Achim Brauer

According to a CNRS communications dated September 16, 2026. Based on a scientific paper published in Nature to which CIRI contributed: “Insights into longevity and virus-driven adaptation from Myotis bat genomes.” Thumbnail credit: © Elise Lauterbur and Genavieve Gray-Sandoval, University of Arizona, partners of the CNRS’s RAPIDvBAT IRP.

According to a CNRS communication dated September 7, 2026. Based on a scientific paper published in PNAS to which the IGFL contributed: “A Hox-dependent anchoring mechanism mediates transcriptional repression of autophagy-related genes at the nuclear periphery.” Thumbnail: Schematic summary of the mechanism of action of the Hox Ubx protein © Samir Merabet

From a joint Sorbonne University/CNRS press release dated September 2, 2026. Based on a paper published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics to which the CRAL contributed: “A GLIMPSE of the 99%: a census of the faintest galaxies during the epoch of reionization and its implications for galaxy formation models.” Thumbnail: “A glimpse into the distant past.” © ESA/Webb, NASA, and CSA, H. Atek, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb). Acknowledgments: R. Endsley.

Bernard Lahire is a sociologist, a CNRS research director, a senior member of the Institut universitaire de France, and a member of the Max Weber Center as part of the “Dispositions, Powers, Cultures, Socializations” research team. He has published the book Pourquoi comprenons-nous le monde? (Why Do We Understand the World?) with La Découverte.

According to a CNRS communication dated August 12, 2026. Based on a research paper published in PLOS Biology to which François Leulier, a CNRS researcher at the Lyon Institute of Functional Genomics (IGFL) CNRS / ENS de Lyon / University of Lyon, contributed: “A nutrient-sensitive enterokine coordinates developmental plasticity through inter-organ signaling.” Thumbnail: Lst+ cells in Drosophila larvae © Longwei Bai

According to a CNRS communication dated August 19, 2026. Based on a research paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), to which the RDP contributed: “Nanoscale regulation of ROS signaling at the plasma membrane tunes the plant response to osmotic stress.” Thumbnail credit © A. Poitout

Sébastien Pautet is a research fellow at the French Institute of Education at ENS de Lyon and an associate researcher at Université Paris Cité. He has published Le Mystère de la porcelaine bleue with Payot.

According to a communications from the CNRS dated July 15, 2026. Based on a scientific paper published in Science Advances to which the IGFL contributed: “Spatiotemporal control of myoblast identity drives muscle diversity in the Drosophila leg.” Thumbnail credit © Jonathan Enriquez

According to a CNRS communications dated July 15, 2026. Based on a scientific paper published in Chemical Communications to which the LCH contributed: “The non-covalent stereocontrol of disulfide bonds.” Thumbnail credit © CNRS

Claire Barel-Moisan, a CNRS research fellow and member of IHRIM, and Delphine Gleizes, a professor of 19th-century French literature at the University of Grenoble-Alpes, have published Merveilles électriques: Literature, Visual Culture, and Popularization (1740–1940) with Savoirs en textes.

According to a communications from the CNRS dated July 16, 2026. Based on a scientific paper published in Plant Cell to which the RDP laboratory contributed: “Function behind choreography: cytoskeletal, nuclear, and mechanical dynamics drive growth transition in root hair development.” Thumbnail credit © Gaurav Singh / Gilles Dupouy

According to a CNRS communications dated June 22, 2026. Based on a scientific paper published in Physical Review Materials to which the LPENSL contributed: “Imprinting macroscopic fracture during gelation: A mechanism for tuning colloidal gels.” Thumbnail credit: © Mélanie CHALLE / L2C / CNRS Images

Yoan Coudert, a biologist and CNRS researcher at the RDP (Plant Reproduction and Development) laboratory, and Louise Joor, a Belgian comic book author, have published Avant les fleurs: Enquête scientifique aux origines des plantes with CNRS Éditions.

Isabel Colón de Carvajal, Associate Professor at ENS de Lyon and Director of the ICAR laboratory, and Nathalie Blanc, Associate Professor of Education at Claude-Bernard Lyon 1 University, have published the book 60 Years of Applied Linguistics: Toward More Engaged Research with John Benjamins Publishing Company.

According to a communication from the CNRS dated June 1, 2026. Based on a scientific paper published in Astronomy & Astrophysics to which the Lyon Astrophysics Research Center (CNRS/ENS de Lyon/Lyon 1 Claude Bernard University) contributed: “Destructuring the disk of AB Aurigae: dynamics and accretion”. Thumbnail credit: © ESO

Press release – Over the course of five years, researchers sequenced 55,000 genes to produce the first rose pangenome. Coordinated by INRAE together with the ENS de Lyon, Huazhong University (Wuhan) and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Shenzhen), the work provides valuable resources for breeding high-quality roses better suited to global change. The findings were published in Nature Genetics.

Anne-Lyse Chabert, a CNRS research fellow at IHRIM, and Gabrielle Halpern, a philosopher and author of numerous books, have published Nos paroles empêchées (Our Stifled Words) with Éditions de l'Aube.

According to a communication from the CNRS dated April 3, 2026. Based on a scientific paper published in Current Biology to which the RDP Laboratory (CNRS/ENS de Lyon/INRAE) contributed: “Acute Remodeling of Phosphoinositide Lipids Promotes Endocytosis Downstream of RALF/FERONIA Signaling.” Thumbnail credit: © Vincent ARONDEL/CNRS Images

According to a CNRS communication dated February 19, 2026. Based on a scientific publication in Science Advances, to which the RDP – Plant Reproduction and Development Laboratory contributed: “The actin cytoskeleton is required to maintain plant cell division orientation against cellular geometry.” Thumbnail credit: © Camila Goldy

Co-published by ENS Éditions and the Ministry of Culture (DEPS), the book Lire la romance offers a new translation of the 1991 edition of Reading the Romance, published under the title Lire la romance in the early 1980s, in an academic context marked by the emergence of women's studies and feminist studies in the United States.

According to a CNRS communication dated January 26, 2026. Based on a scientific publication in Development to which Longwei Bai, Stéphanie Bellemin, Elodie Guillemot, Maura Strigini, Benjamin Gillet, Cathy Isaura Ramos, and François Leulier, members of the IGFL, contributed: “Ecdysone-mediated intestinal growth contributes to microbiota-driven developmental plasticity under malnutrition.” Thumbnail credit: © François LEULIER/CNRS Images

According to a CNRS communication dated December 23, 2025. Based on a scientific publication in Genome Biology to which Dario D'Asaro, Jean-Michel Arbona, Vinciane Piveteau, Aurèle Piazza, Cédric Vaillant, and Daniel Jost, members of the Laboratory of Biology and Modeling of the Cell (CNRS/ENS Lyon/INSERM/Univ Lyon 1), contributed: “Genome-wide modeling of DNA replication in space and time confirms the emergence of replication-specific patterns in vivo in eukaryotes.” Thumbnail credit © Dario D'Asaro

According to a press release from Université Grenoble Alpes and the CNRS dated December 3, 2025. Based on a scientific publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics, to which the Lyon Astrophysics Research Center (CRAL, CNRS / Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 / ENS de Lyon) of the Lyon Observatory of Universe Sciences contributed: “Characterization of debris disks observed with SPHERE.” Photo credit: © N. Engler et al./Astronomy & Astrophysics

According to a CNRS publication dated November 5, 2025. Based on a scientific publication in Nature Communications to which Stéphane Santucci, a CNRS researcher at ENS de Lyon's Physics Laboratory (LPENSL), contributed: Multiscale stress dynamics in sheared liquid foams revealed by tomo-rheoscopy. Thumbnail credit: © CNRS

According to a communication from the CNRS dated November 12, 2025. Based on a scientific publication in Nature Ecology & Evolution to which Lucie Étienne, CNRS research director at CIRI, and Alexandre Legrand, INSERM researcher and CIRI doctor, contributed: Evolutionary characterization of antiviral SAMD9/9L across kingdoms supports ancient convergence and lineage-specific adaptations. Thumbnail photo credit: © Cédric SUEUR/Marie PELE/IPHC/CNRS Images

According to a CNRS communication dated October 29, 2025. Based on a scientific publication in Physical Review Letters to which Ludovic Bellon, a CNRS researcher at ENS de Lyon's Physics Laboratory (LPENSL), contributed: “Information Engine Fueled by First-Passage Times.” Thumbnail image: a Brownian particle (subject to thermal agitation) wanders in a confined well until it reaches a threshold, where an automated system (a demon) acts on the position of the well to extract energy from the particle. © Aubin Archambault, Caroline Crauste-Thibierge, Alberto Imparato, Christopher Jarzynski, Sergio Ciliberto, Ludovic Bellon.

According to a CNRS communication dated October 16, 2025. Based on a scientific publication in Current Biology to which the RDP laboratory at ENS de Lyon contributed: “Robust branch patterning in moss shoots via symplasmic auxin diffusion.” Image © Des Callaghan

According to a CNRS announcement dated September 29, 2025, based on a scientific publication in Nucleic Acids Research to which Vincent Mocquet, research fellow at ENS de Lyon within the LBMC, contributed. Thumbnail: The HTLV-1 retrovirus © Vincent Mocquet

Mathieu Couttenier, professor of economics at ENS de Lyon and director of the CERGIC laboratory, has published L’Économie de la violence with Les Léonides (publisher).

According to a press release from the Lyon Observatory dated September 4, 2025, based on a scientific publication to which Elliot Lynch, researcher at CRAL (ENS de Lyon/CNRS/UCBL), contributed as part of an international team: “ALMA Reveals an Eccentricity Gradient in the Fomalhaut Debris Disk”, published in The Astrophysical Journal on September 4, 2025.

According to a CNRS communication dated September 22, 2025, following a scientific publication in PLOS Computational Biology co-authored by Lucie Riglet, Christophe Godin, and Isabelle Fobis-Loisy, researchers at the RDP, ENS de Lyon, together with Catherine Quilliet and Karin John from LIPhy, Université Grenoble Alpes.

According to a CNRS communication dated September 22, 2025, based on a scientific publication in Current Biology co-authored by Yoan Coudert, CNRS researcher at the RDP, ENS de Lyon, together with Saioa Ricou-Dreneuc and Claudine Ah-Peng: “Architectural shift to epiphytism fuels exotic bryophyte invasiveness.”

Thibaut Radomme is a senior lecturer in medieval literature at Université Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne and a researcher-teacher at the IHRIM laboratory. He has published the collective volume Des frères mendiants en français with Classiques Garnier.

According to a CNRS communication dated September 30, 2025. Based on a scientific publication in Astrophysical Journal to which Adnan-Ali Ahmad, a CNRS researcher at the Lyon Astrophysics Research Center (CRAL), contributed: “Brown Dwarf Formation Through Gravitational Collapse: Insights From 3D Numerical Simulations.” Image: © Adnan-Ali AHMAD and Alex ANDRIX – CRAL

Focus on the scientific publication “Geochemical chronologies in Paranthropus robustus teeth inform habitat and life histories,” published on July 23, 2025, in Nature Ecology and Evolution, to which Vincent Balter, CNRS research director and member of the LGL-TPE laboratory at ENS de Lyon, contributed alongside Andrew Sillen and Christopher Dean.

CNRS press release dated August 20, 2025. Following a scientific publication to which several members of the High Field NMR Centre in Lyon contributed, namely Andrew J. Pell, lecturer-researcher (CNRS/ENS de Lyon/Claude Bernard University), Anne Lesage, engineer (CNRS/University of Lyon/ENS de Lyon), and Guido Pintacuda, researcher (CNRS/ENS de Lyon/Claude Bernard University): “Coordination environments of Pt single-atom catalysts from NMR signature”, published in Nature on June 4, 2025.

CNRS press release dated 23 July 2025. Based on a scientific publication to which members of the Lyon Astrophysics Research Centre (CNRS, ENS de Lyon, Claude Bernard University) and the LPENSL Physics Laboratory (CNRS, ENS de Lyon) contributed: ‘A Core-sensitive Mixed f/g-mode of the Sun Predicted by Wave Topology and Hydrodynamical Simulation’, published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

Delphine Antoine-Mahut, professor of modern philosophy history at ENS de Lyon, and Samuel Lézé, senior lecturer in anthropology of science at ENS de Lyon, both members of IRHIM, have published Metaphysics and the Sciences in Nineteenth-Century France.

CNRS press release dated 23 July 2025. Based on a scientific publication to which Guido Pintacuda, a researcher at the Very High Field NMR Centre in Lyon (CNRS/ENS de Lyon/Claude Bernard University), contributed: ‘Pushing the Boundaries of Resolution in Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of Biomolecules with 160 kHz Magic-Angle Spinning’, published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

Audrey Rieber, senior lecturer (HDR) in philosophy at ENS de Lyon and member of IHRIM, has published Philosopher avec l’histoire de l’art (Philosophising about Art History).

Régis Guyon, deputy director of the French Institute of Education (IFÉ), and Hélène Buisson-Fenet, director of research in Sociology at the CNRS and member of the Triangle laboratory, have published L’École écologique : s’ajuster ou transformer ? (The eco-friendly school: to adapt or to transform?) with ENS Éditions.

CNRS Communication – July 17, 2025. Based on a scientific publication co-authored by Régis Chirat, researcher at the Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon, together with Derek E. Moulton and Alain Goriely, professors at Oxford University: “Hierarchical mechanical patterns in morphogenesis: from mollusc shells to plants, fungi and animals”, published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface on June 25, 2025.

Rémy Madinier is a research director at the CNRS. A historian specializing in contemporary religious history in Indonesia, he works within the Institute of East Asian Studies (IAO) at the École normale supérieure (ENS) in Lyon. He is publishing La Java des Jésuites : Une autre histoire des relations islamo-chrétiennes - XIX^e-XXI^e siècles.

Anne Verjus is a research director at the CNRS, Section 40 (Politics, Power, Organization), and director of the Triangle laboratory. She is publishing Abolir le patriarcat : l’utopie féministe de James Henry Lawrence (1773-1840).

Romain Graziani is a professor of Chinese studies at ENS de Lyon and a researcher at the East Asian Institute. He publishes "Les Lois et les Nombres" with Gallimard.