News

14 October 2026

Events, Research

From Tokyo to Mount Fuji: a Franco-Japanese week at the crossroads of Earth sciences and music

From 9 to 17 November 2026, several scientific events in Japan will bring together IPGP researchers and their Japanese partners. The programme include...

12 October 2026

Events, Research

Using neutrinos to probe the composition of Earth’s deep interior

What if neutrinos could offer a new way of looking inside our planet? An interdisciplinary team involving researchers from the IPGP is exploring the u...

01 October 2026

Events, Research

Planetary Research: a new open-access journal for planetary sciences

Led by an international community of researchers, with strong involvement from IPGP scientists, the new journal Planetary Research offers an alternati...

22 September 2026

General public, Research

What if the next stars of recycling were… bacteria?

A new comic book from IPGP takes us behind the scenes of metal bio-recovery. Featuring bacteria, precious metals and a generous dose of humour, it rev...

18 September 2026

Research

Mapping regolith migration on Phobos to support the MMX sample-return mission

Researchers from the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), in collaboration with the Centro de Astrobiología (Spain) have published a new stu...

16 September 2026

Research

Lorraine Delaroque and Ines Ouar, two IPGP PhD students, receive awards at international conferences

Two doctoral students from the Planetology and Space Sciences team were recently recognized for their research at two international conferences.

15 September 2026

Research

Titanium and cerium nanoparticles: in the Seine river, manufactured pollution now matches natural background

A study led by researchers at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP) and Université Paris Cité shows that concentrations of manufactured ti...

14 September 2026

Research

Razvan Caracas elected President-elect of the International Mineralogical Association

At the IMA General Meeting held last month in Nanjing, Razvan Caracas, CNRS senior researcher at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, was ele...

11 September 2026

Research

Nepal–Tibet: reconstructing the dynamics of a high-mountain hazard cascade

On 26 August 2026, a major rock-and-ice collapse occurred near the border between Nepal and Tibet. As it travelled through a confined valley, the movi...

09 September 2026

Press, Research

Sand grains realize a Brownian motor conceived forty years ago

A team led by Olivier Devauchelle, a researcher at the Institut de physique du globe de Paris (IPGP/Université Paris Cité/CNRS), working with colleagu...

08 September 2026

Research

Marc Chaussidon has been awarded the 2026 Leonard Medal, the Meteoritical Society’s highest honour

On the occasion of its 88th Annual Meeting the Meteoritical Society has presented the 2026 Leonard medal to Marc Chaussidon for his transformative con...

07 September 2026

Research

The Blatten Avalanche: Abnormal Mobility?

On 28 May 2025, approximately 9.3 million cubic metres of rock and ice collapsed above the Swiss village of Blatten, destroying part of the municipali...