Des météo-tsunamis en Méditerranée (Fds#28)

Pour cette semaine du 25 mai : On sait pourquoi les « dômes de chaleur » deviennent des pièges mortels à cause du climat, la Nasa prépare un coup de poker secret pour battre la Chine sur la Lune, un virus tropical pourrait bientôt envahir l’Europe, Curiosity a retrouvé le moment ...  Show more

Préparez-vous à un véritable ascenseur thermique, car le thermomètre s'est emballé comme jamais avant de chuter lourdement. On fait tout de suite le point sur cette anomalie nationale qui bouscule toutes les normales de saison.Bienvenue dans ce nouvel épisode de Futura Planète ! ...  Show more

In this episode:00:47 An RNA-based viral system that mimics bacterial immune defencesTo protect themselves against viral infection, bacteria often use CRISPR-Cas systems to identify and destroy an invading virus’s genetic material. But viruses aren’t helpless and can deploy count ...  Show more

In this episode:00:45 Making a map of the human heartThe human heart consists of multiple, specialised structures that all work together to enable the organ to beat for a lifetime. But exactly which cells are present in each part of the heart has been difficult to ascertain. Now, ...  Show more

We’ve talked a huge amount the past 18 months, for obvious reasons, about the way that white blood cells protect us from infection. But red blood cells – it’s probably among the earliest things I learned in human biology that they’re simple bags for carrying oxygen around the bod ...  Show more

T-Cells in vaccinated people may be holding the fort, or at least fighting serious illness, against the latest SARS CoV2 variant. Also, how the briefest of sleeps aids creativity.Prof Penny Moore, of South Africa’s National Centre for Infectious Disease and Witwatersrand Universi ...  Show more