With summer comes the time for farmers’ markets. Supermarkets are full of seasonal produce. Some, certified organic, sell at high prices. It is therefore legitimate to ask whether organic fruits and vegetables are richer in nutrients than others. In short: yes. The subject is nevertheless more complex than it seems. Although it may seem counterintuitive, … Read more
Recent epidemics seem linked to contamination from one person to another, particularly during sexual intercourse. The different mpox epidemics in Africa respond to different logics, shows a study published Thursday October 24, finding that the new variant of the virus is transmitted mainly between humans while contamination by animals remains the majority for the older … Read more
Introduction Whooper Swan Classification (COI) Reign the animal Branch Chordates Class Aves Order Anseriformes Family Anatidae Subfamily Geese Genre Cygnus Nom binominal Cygnus Cygnus(Linnaeus, 1758) IUCN conservation status: LC : Minor concern The Whooper Swan (Cygnus Cygnus) is a bird belonging to the Anatidae family. Description He measures between 140 and 165 cm. The heaviest … Read more
Visitors at the annual congress of the European Society of Medical Oncology (Esmo), on September 15, 2024 in Barcelona (Spain) Manaure QUINTERO Text size Hopes for shorter radiotherapy treatment for women suffering from breast cancer are gaining ground among experts, according to a study presented at the world’s leading oncology congress. Three weeks of radiation … Read more
Laval, Quebec – September 10, 2024 – BIOQuébec, BioNJ and Choose New Jersey are pleased to announce the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen cooperation and collaboration between the life sciences sectors of Québec and New Jersey. This agreement was signed during Choose New Jersey’s economic mission to Canada led by … Read more
“We feel useful. Today we are fishing, our passion, while contributing to a scientific project to preserve sharks.” On the water Saturday, September 7 at noon, in the harbor of Brest, Victor, Yann and Sowen, young people from Brest, have just collected a spotted shad on their boat and are taking the day’s mission very … Read more
We were expecting other health alerts at the end of summer 2024. We might as well confess, like the author of this column, that the health risk specialists were wrong. In the wake of the 2024 Paris Olympics, there was neither an explosion in the number of indigenous dengue cases nor an epidemic of Escherichia … Read more
Long waiting times in emergency rooms, overwhelmed GPs, unreachable specialists… Are the French condemned to having ever more difficulty receiving proper care when they are sick, and to seeing the quality of care deteriorate? Cardiologist Olivier Milleron, spearhead of the Inter-hospital Collective, refuses to give up. With Professor André Grimaldi, he published on August 28 … Read more
Dengue fever is a viral disease – an arbovirosis – caused by an RNA virus (flavivirus) transmitted by mosquito bites: mosquitos tiger and Aegypti. The number of cases worldwide continues to increase. It is estimated at 400 million per year among 4 billion people exposed mainly in tropical regions. There are serious forms, with hemorrhagic … Read more
This new insight into the asteroid that crashed into Chicxulub, in what is now Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, should help us better understand the history of celestial objects that have struck the Earth. The debate over the nature of the asteroid that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs has been stirring scientists for decades, but a … Read more