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15 April 2019

Press, Research

Isotopically labeled nanoparticles: towards a better understanding of contamination mechanisms in aquatic environments

Manufactured nanoparticles (MNPs) are used in many everyday consumer products, thanks to their exceptional chemical, optical, magnetic or mechanical p...

02 April 2019

Press, Research

Equilibrium density of irradiated silica

Silica or silicon dioxide (SiO2) is one of the main constituents (60%) of the earth's crust in the form of sand or rock. A transparent material in the...

28 March 2019

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Press, Research

Catherine Chauvel awarded ERC Advanced Grant 2018

Catherine Chauvel, CNRS research director at the Institut de Physique de Globe de Paris, has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant for her project SH...

21 March 2019

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Press, Research

François Beauducel named Chevalier in the Order of Academic Palms

On 7 January, IPGP researcher François Beauducel was appointed Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques by the French Prime Minister.François Bea...

18 March 2019

Press, Research

Asteroid impact crater - 14 km in diameter discovered in Nicaragua

The first detailed study of a large circular depression 14 kilometres in diameter in the mountains of northern Nicaragua, named Pantasma, shows that i...

15 March 2019

Awards and Distinctions, Press

Make our planet great again: Alessandro Forte joins the IPGP

Alessandro Forte, professor of geology at the University of Florida, is one of the winners of the third wave of the Make Our Planet Great Again (MOPGA...

05 March 2019

Observatories, Press, Research

ESA's Trace Gas Orbiter satellite immortalises InSight from Martian orbit

On March 2nd 2019, the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) probe of the European Space Agency's ExoMars program succeeded in photographing the InSight probe on th...

25 February 2019

General public, Press, Research

When the Earth wobbled...

A sharp global drop in subduction flow around 700 Ma ago, at the origin of a very large pole drift in the Ediacaran?

22 February 2019

Observatories, Press, Research

"Tellus Mayotte" seismic mission at sea

The call for proposals, entitled "Tellus Mayotte", launched at the end of 2018, and comprising three major operations, two on land (Mayotte and Glorie...

22 February 2019

Observatories, Press, Research

The IPGP takes part in a campaign launched by the CNRS to observe seismic activity in Mayotte

Since May 10th 2018, numerous earthquakes have occurred off Mayotte, some of them widely felt by local residents. The observations accumulated so far ...

22 February 2019

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Press, Research

Marina Corradini and Manon Bickert winners of the 2018 AGU Outstanding Student Presentation Award

20 February 2019

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Press, Research

Nikolai Shapiro winner of the 2018 Megagrant competition