ScienceNow: French scientists are feeling the winds of change after yesterday’s election of conservative leader Nicolas Sarkozy as the country’s new president. Sarkozy has announced reform plans--including a shake-up of the higher education system as early as this summer--which are opposed by trade unions and other groups. But some researchers say Sarkozy’s recipe is just what French science needs.
The finding that the Saturnian moon may host layers of icy slush instead of a global ocean could change how planetary scientists think about other icy moons as well.
Modeling the shapes of tree branches, neurons, and blood vessels is a thorny problem, but researchers have just discovered that much of the math has already been done.
January 29, 2026 12:52 PM
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