Science news powered by la Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie,Paris http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/science_actualites/sitesactu/accueil.php?langue=en en b.benita@cite-sciences.fr Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:22:36 +0100 240 http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/science_actualites/sitesactu/accueil.php?langue=en http://www.cite-sciences.fr/syndication/logo_science_actu.gif 120 30 When we browse the shelves of pharmacies, health stores and specialised shops, what products do we find to improve our performance or simply maintain it? What is their real efficacy? From dietary supplements to hormone replacements, from "better living" to "better ageing", the "optimiser" market is booming... although the rejuvenation pill remains a myth. Fri, 19 May 2006 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/science_actualites/sitesactu/question_actu.php?langue=an&sommaire=1&id_article=6103&film=1&tous=1 http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/science_actualites/sitesactu/question_actu.php?langue=an&sommaire=1&id_article=6103&film=1&tous=1 More than fifteen years after the launch of Prozac, France still heads the field of European countries in its consumption of antidepressants. Are the French more depressive and better treated than their neighbours, or are these drugs being used improperly? Fri, 19 May 2006 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/science_actualites/sitesactu/question_actu.php?langue=an&sommaire=1&id_article=6104&film=1&tous=1 http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/science_actualites/sitesactu/question_actu.php?langue=an&sommaire=1&id_article=6104&film=1&tous=1 In the daily life of France's top female badminton players, this film shows the extent to which high-level sport now treads the intangible but very real line marking the human body's physiological limits. Fri, 12 May 2006 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/science_actualites/sitesactu/question_actu.php?langue=an&sommaire=1&id_article=6063&film=1&tous=1 http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/science_actualites/sitesactu/question_actu.php?langue=an&sommaire=1&id_article=6063&film=1&tous=1 Lorsque la centrale de Tchernobyl explose le 26 avril 1986, les autorités soviétiques dépêchent une véritable armée pour tenter d'éteindre l'incendie. Sans l'intervention de ces centaines de milliers d'anonymes, le volume d'éléments radioactifs dispersé dans les airs aurait pu être beaucoup plus important. Le journaliste Wladimir Tchertkoff, spécialiste de Tchernobyl, leur rend hommage. Mon, 24 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/science_actualites/sitesactu/question_actu.php?langue=an&sommaire=1&id_article=6003&film=1&tous=1 http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/science_actualites/sitesactu/question_actu.php?langue=an&sommaire=1&id_article=6003&film=1&tous=1 Sustainable development is a crucial issue for all the inhabitants of our planet, but the great problem is putting it into practice in the field. A report from the Lamto* scientific station, Ivory Coast. Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/science_actualites/sitesactu/question_actu.php?langue=an&sommaire=1&id_article=101&film=1&tous=1 http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/science_actualites/sitesactu/question_actu.php?langue=an&sommaire=1&id_article=101&film=1&tous=1 To capture a few high-energy neutrinos, astrophysicists have installed an amazing undersea observatory at a depth of 2,500 metres off the coast of Toulon (France). The first results of this experiment, named Antarès, are expected in 2006. Fri, 6 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/science_actualites/sitesactu/question_actu.php?langue=an&sommaire=1&id_article=5463&film=1&tous=1 http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/science_actualites/sitesactu/question_actu.php?langue=an&sommaire=1&id_article=5463&film=1&tous=1 One year ago, on 26 December 2004, a powerful earthquake struck in the Indian Ocean, off the island of Sumatra (Indonesia), causing a particularly devastating tsunami. Located near the epicentre of the earthquake (at a distance of 250 km), the town of Banda Aceh was totally destroyed. Eyewitness accounts and scientific records will help you to get a better understanding of this historic earthquake. Duration: 11'30 Mon, 19 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/science_actualites/sitesactu/question_actu.php?langue=an&sommaire=1&id_article=5423&film=1&tous=1 http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/science_actualites/sitesactu/question_actu.php?langue=an&sommaire=1&id_article=5423&film=1&tous=1 How is seismic monitoring organized in France? What research is being undertaken in order to improve our knowledge of the seismicity of a particular area? A report from the Louis Pasteur University in Strasbourg. Duration: 13' Fri, 16 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/science_actualites/sitesactu/question_actu.php?langue=an&sommaire=1&id_article=5403&film=1&tous=1 http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/science_actualites/sitesactu/question_actu.php?langue=an&sommaire=1&id_article=5403&film=1&tous=1 Ten years after the earthquake which struck the city of Kobe, Japan on 17 January 1995, what lessons can be learnt from the disaster? Duration: 9'30 Fri, 9 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/science_actualites/sitesactu/question_actu.php?langue=an&sommaire=1&id_article=5363&film=1&tous=1 http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/science_actualites/sitesactu/question_actu.php?langue=an&sommaire=1&id_article=5363&film=1&tous=1 To curb the extension of the AIDS epidemic, awareness campaigns to encourage the use of condoms are organised in Africa (here, in Burkina Faso). But Doctor Rony Brauman (MSF - a medical NGO) has a warning: "We will not beat the AIDS epidemic by talking up the condom as if it were a magical solution." Today, the priority should be access to treatment. Fri, 25 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/science_actualites/sitesactu/question_actu.php?langue=an&sommaire=1&id_article=5143&film=1&tous=1 http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/science_actualites/sitesactu/question_actu.php?langue=an&sommaire=1&id_article=5143&film=1&tous=1