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20  mars     12h06
From The Lab: Is Camembert in trouble?
Dhananjay Khadilkar    The French Camembert cheese is on the verge of extinction, according to the French National Center for Scientific Research CNRS .The reason behind its decline is a fungus called Penicillium Camemberti.
12  mars     10h07
France deploys crisis cell to deal with fallout of major cyberattack
RFI    Cyberattacks of unprecedented intensity that targeted several French government institutions have been contained, the prime minister’s office said Monday evening. The incident raises security concerns just months before Paris is to host the Olympic Games.
08  mars     16h42
Women honoured in Paris for outstanding contributions to science
Dhananjay Khadilkar    Since its creation in , the Irene Joliot Curie Prize is given to women researchers for their outstanding contribution to science. Claire de March, whose research focuses on understanding the complexity of odour perception, was one of this year’s winners. The awards ceremony for the prize...
05  mars     16h08
Unmanned helicopter likely to join India’s second space odyssey to Mars
Pratap Chakravarty    India is gearing up for its second trip to Mars, but the mission is also likely to carry along a hardy helicopter that will buzz through the wafer thin atmosphere of an alien world.
04  mars     16h07
Apple facing 1.8bn EU fine for breaking music streaming competition laws
RFI    The European Union issued its first antitrust penalty against Apple on Monday, fining the US tech giant . billion for breaking the bloc’s competition laws by unfairly favoring its own music streaming service over rivals.
27  février     13h56
France’s Mistral AI signs partnership with Microsoft
RFI    Microsoft says it has sealed a multi year partnership that would allow French company Mistral AI to use its platforms including Azure AI, which enables businesses to build apps using AI.
21  février     12h12
European satellite set for fiery tumble into Earth’s atmosphere
Dhananjay Khadilkar    The European Space Agency’s ESA European Remote Sensing ERS satellite will take an uncontrolled, fiery plunge into the atmosphere sometime on Wednesday.
11  février     08h17
Scientists find 100,000-year-old human footprints on Moroccan beach
Isabelle Martinetti    Archaeologists in Morocco have unearthed more than human footprints dating back some , years. They’re believed to be the oldest in both North Africa and the southern Mediterranean.
06  février     16h37
UK, France host cybersecurity conference to tackle ’hackers for hire’ threat
RFI    The UK and France are hosting nations as well as businesses and technology leaders at an inaugural conference in London to tackle hackers for hire and the expanding market for cyber attack tools.
07  janvier     10h52
Frenchman who broke world cave diving record visits unexplored territory
RFI    What goes through the mind of a person who has just broken the world record for cave diving French speleologist and explorer Frédéric Swierczynski took seven hours to reach a depth of metres in the Font Estramar, a labyrinth like underground river in the south of France.
18  décembre     22h14
How Gustave Eiffel’s Statue of Liberty contribution cemented France-US relations
David Roe    The Statue of Liberty, an enduring symbol of freedom and democracy, stands in New York Harbor on Liberty Island off the coast of Manhattan. Beyond its iconic exterior, the statue’s infrastructure is a monument of engineering and innovation and was designed by Gustave Eiffel and his company on the...
16  décembre     17h59
Europe counts down to Ariane 6 rocket’s maiden launch in mid-2024
Dhananjay Khadilkar    Europe’s new Ariane rocket launcher will make its first voyage between June and July next year, the European Space Agency has announced. The agency’s head told RFI that the project signals the end to a period of crisis for Europe’s launch programme.
10  décembre     15h13
From The Lab: France’s SOLEIL synchrotron shines light on secrets of matter
Dhananjay Khadilkar    Located on the outskirts of Paris, the SOLEIL synchrotron is a unique particle accelerator in which electrons are spun close to the speed of light. Whizzing round a metre ring, these electrons give off energy in the form of intense beams of light that researchers use to conduct experiments.
03  décembre     15h59
Former French astronaut Philippe Perrin recounts spacewalks as ISS turns 25
Dhananjay Khadilkar    As part of his mission to the International Space Station more than more than years ago, former French astronaut Philippe Perrin got to perform three spacewalks. He tells RFI about the most distinct memories of his mission above the Earth.
21  novembre     15h20
From Apollo to Artemis: Gerry Griffin on past and future Moon missions
Dhananjay Khadilkar    Gerry Griffin, who was in Paris to deliver a lecture at the Festival Explor’Espace, recounted some of the most memorable moments during his stint as a flight director for the Apollo program.
20  novembre     11h59
France, Germany and Italy agree on common approach for AI regulation
RFI    France, Germany and Italy have reached an agreement on how artificial intelligence should be regulated, which is expected to accelerate negotiations at the European level.
09  novembre     14h28
EU opens probe into TikTok, YouTube and Google over child protection
RFI    The EU announced investigations on Thursday into YouTube and TikTok to find out what action the US and Chinese owned platforms are taking to ensure the safety of minors.
06  novembre     06h43
Urgent’ that Europe pursues space exploration, European space chief says
Dhananjay Khadilkar    As more nations enter the space race, Europe must ensure it maintains a strong role in space exploration, the director general of the European Space Agency, Josef Aschbacher, told RFI.
24  octobre     12h06
From The Lab: The museum that shows maths in action
Dhananjay Khadilkar    The Maison Poincaré is France’s first museum entirely dedicated to mathematics. Located in Paris’ Latin Quarter, it is spread over an area of square meters. One of its objectives is to show mathematics in action.
03  octobre     11h29
French physicists part of trio scooping Nobel Prize for work on electrons
RFI    Three atomic physicists, France’s Pierre Agostini, Hungarian Austrian Ferenc Krausz and French Swedish Anne L’Huillier, on Tuesday won the Nobel Physics Prize for research into tools for exploring electrons inside atoms and molecules.
30  septembre     07h15
Problem solved as France opens its first museum dedicated to maths
Dhananjay Khadilkar    France’s first museum dedicated to the world of mathematics, Maison Poincaré, is the newest addition to Paris’s Latin Quarter. The research based venue, which opened its doors this week, is to be managed by the Sorbonne University.
26  septembre     09h49
How Angola is using space technology to meet development goals
Dhananjay Khadilkar    The Angolan space agency, which was established in , is using space technology to map United Nations’ sutainable development goals across the country.
20  septembre     09h35
From The Lab: Paris Observatory’s role in building the world’s biggest telescope
Dhananjay Khadilkar    The Extremely Large Telescope ELT , which is currently being built in the Atacama desert in Chile, will be the biggest telescope ever built.Its primary mirror will be metres in diameter, which is slightly less than the size of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, while it’s main structure will weigh...
12  septembre     13h05
How satellite technology is being used in France to fight forest fires
Dhananjay Khadilkar    With climate change and the consequent increase in the frequency and intensity of heat waves, summers are now characterised by forest fires. In recent years, to track, trace and ultimately control forest fires, the French space agency CNES is assisting firefighters by offering them help from space.
05  septembre     08h47
World losing high-stakes fight against alien species
RFI    Invasive species that wreck crops, ravage forests, spread disease, and upend ecosystems are spreading across the globe faster than was previously thought.
26  juillet     19h14
French competition authority issues antitrust objection to Apple for app data tracking
RFI    France’s competition authority has started an antitrust procedure against Apple by issuing a statement of objections on how the company uses user data from its iPhones for advertising purposes.
22  juillet     12h59
Titanic exhibition in Paris pays tribute to French explorer killed on Titan sub
RFI    A major exhibition dedicated to the Titanic has opened in Paris, with many of the objects on display brought up from the ship’s wreck by a French deep sea explorer who died in a submersible disaster last month.
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Europe’s trusty Ariane 5 rocket leaves lasting legacy after final flight
Dhananjay Khadilkar    The Ariane rocket lifted off for the last time on July from the European Space Agency’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, leaving behind it a stellar track record.
17  juillet     09h05
Hydrogen future beckons for Le Mans motor race
Dhananjay Khadilkar    At this year’s Le Mans hours race, the Hydrogen Village was one of the major trackside attractions. RFI English was there to have a look at some of the new technology.
16  juillet     06h52
Neurotech and AI together threaten ’mental privacy’, says Unesco
RFI    Unesco has warned that the combination of neurotechnology and artificial intelligence poses a threat to mental privacy, as it works on a new global charter on scientific ethics.