CAGE Team News

08 November 2021

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Press, Research

Stephan Borensztajn and Caroline Thaler Public prize in the CNRS "La preuve par l'image" photo competition

Stephan Borensztajn and Caroline Thaler win the People's Choice Award in the "La preuve par l'image" competition for their photo entitled Le cri.

20 September 2021

Press, Research

The crustal origin of certain mantle heterogeneities finally demonstrated

The composition of the Earth's mantle is partly determined by chemical and isotopic analyses of lavas from different tectonic contexts. While basalts ...

10 September 2021

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Press, Research

Catherine Chauvel receives AGU's Norman L. Bowen Award and Lecture 2021

TheNorman L. Bowen Award and Lecture is presented annually to one or more scientists in recognition of their outstanding contributions to volcanology,...

05 May 2021

Press, Research

Subduction already at work on Earth 4 billion years ago

Geochemical analysis of 4-billion-year-old samples has identified the processes that led to their formation. A team led by IPGP scientists has demonst...

16 March 2021

Press, Research

Meteorite reveals oldest known planetary crust

A team of researchers from the Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer in Brest (CNRS, Université de Bretagne-Occidentale), the Institut de Physique...

26 November 2020

Press, Research

Earth's primitive atmosphere, a Venusian hell

In an article published in the journal Science Advances, a team of international researchers reveal that the Earth's primitive atmosphere must have be...

24 November 2020

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Press, Research

Philippe Lognonné and Frédéric Moynier, winners of the Prix de l'Académie des sciences 2020

On Tuesday 24 November, the Académie des Sciences announced the names of the 68 winners of the 65 prizes it awarded in 2020. This year, two of the Aca...

30 October 2020

Press, Research

A meteorite reveals a warm climate on Mars 4.4 billion years ago

In a study conducted by IPGP, CNRS and Université de Paris, and published on October 30, 2020 in Science Advances, an international scientific team ha...

14 October 2020

Press, Research

Alzheimer's disease: cosmochemistry for the benefit of the brain

By applying tools developed for the study of planet formation to the brains of Alzheimer's patients, scientists at the Paris Institute of Earth Physic...

29 September 2020

Press, Research

First results from CHEOPS reveal an exoplanet with extreme conditions

The CHEOPS space telescope is living up to its promise: its first observations reveal the face of the exoplanet WASP-189b - a planet where extreme con...

03 September 2020

General public, Press, Research

Lead fallout from Notre Dame fire mapped in honey

In a study published this summer, a team of Canadian and French researchers studied honeys from beehives in the Paris region to trace lead pollution l...

04 June 2020

Press, Research

Subduction of marine carbonates at the origin of carbonatitic magmatism for over 3 billion years

Scientists at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (University of Paris, IPGP, CNRS) have for the first time demonstrated the link between the s...