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Résumé Comment, en 1314, le scandale des brus du roi devient-il l’affaire de la Tour de Nesle   ? En s’intéressant aux réécritures légendaires d’un épisode qu’on pourrait juger mineur, on cherche à interroger les rapports entre ce genre décrié qu’est la « …

Documents and media Watch the video dubbed in French Watch the video dubbed in English Abstract What is a draft  ? What is a failure  ? What is a comeback  ? What is rewriting a thousand times  ? What is the stubbornness and will to surpass to which …

Abstract How is the tragic link between intimacy and history articulated  ? When everything is in pieces and the image is lost, how can we rebuild  ? How can we rebuild from the notion of failure, writing, crossing out, rewriting, crossing out again? How …

Abstract The nature of the immune system's antibody repertoire has been a subject of fascination for more than a century. This repertoire is highly plastic and can be directed to create antibodies with broad chemical diversity and high selectivity. There …

Abstract Focus on the current situation regarding the safeguarding of Ebla textual data. Discussion of the isolation of the texts in the Eblaite archives, so ancient in the Semitic context and so original in their writing compared with the Mesopotamian …

Sandrine Lyonnard : "From atom to cell: looking inside batteries with the Grands Instruments" Hervé Beuffe : "Valley of hope for the French Na_ion …

Abstract This final lecture will discuss the proof of a recent result in joint work with Zakharov, bounding the size of subsets of F_p^n not containing p distinct vectors summing to zero. As discussed in the previous lecture, this leads to bounds for the …

Abstract In many cases, biodiversity managers have learned the hard way that eliminating an invasive alien species can have unexpected, counter-intuitive and harmful chain effects. This surprise effect is difficult to study without taking great risks for …

Abstract Why conserve nature? This question is far from simple. Although the first national conservation initiatives date back to the 17 th   century, initially focused on forest management, the methods and motivations behind nature conservation have …

Abstract Using the skin as an example, this lecture will present the direct interactions between sensory neurons and immune cells, illustrating how these dialogues participate in inflammation and the regulation of local immunity. It will highlight the …

Abstract We have no Templar archives in the kingdom of Mari : so it's in the texts from the palace that we find the elements that enable us to reconstruct the lives of the priests in charge of the sanctuaries. Two other categories of religious personnel …

Abstract Occupational illnesses are under-reported and under-recognized in France, as in other industrialized countries. They mainly affect people at the bottom of the social ladder and ethno-racial minorities. Recognition of an occupational disease is a …

Abstract With almost 430   000 new cases each year in France, the incidence of cancer is rising steadily  ; it has doubled since the early   1990s. While much research focuses on so-called individual behaviours (smoking, alcohol consumption, diet, …

Abstract AI progress is accelerating, and now the leaders expect "artificial general intelligence" (AGI) in 2 to 3 years. While difficult to believe, we must prepare for the possibility. We can take some lessons from previous episodes in which computers …

Abstract One of the most important medical innovations to arise from the genome revolution is the development of liquid biopsies: simple blood tests which replace the need for invasive sampling in fields as diverse as pregnancy, transplant medicine, …

Abstract In 1994, BRCA1, the emblematic breast cancer predisposition gene, was identified thanks to the contribution of families with multiple cases. Thirty   years later, with a dozen other genes identified and tens of thousands of tests carried out …