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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...

03 August 2026

Research

Komatiites reveal that Earth's surface water reached the deep mantle over 3.6 billion years ago

A new study led by Dr. Zheng-Yu Long and Prof. Frédéric Moynier, researchers at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP/Université Paris Cité...

27 July 2026

Research

Satellites reveal irreversible damage in a major California aquifer

A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), to which Kristel Chanard, Manon Dalaison and Jean-Philippe Avouac of the ...

21 July 2026

Research

Academic research: a key lever for addressing the water challenge in Africa... and elsewhere!

A new Nature Sustainability publication to which Essam Heggy (lecturer-researcher at IPGP) contributed, reveals how stronger support for African-focus...

17 July 2026

Research

A new isotopic clue reveals the origin of the asteroid responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs

A study led by Georgy V. Makhatadze, a postdoctoral researcher at the Institut de physique du globe de Paris (Université Paris Cité / CNRS) under the ...