News & events from Academy of Sciences

Nearly four hundred high school students from the Paris, Créteil and Versailles academies took part in the second conference-debate of the 6ᵉ edition of the "Des académiciens en Sorbonne" program, organized in the prestigious setting of the Sorbonne's Grand Amphithéâ

Everything you'd ever want to know, and more, about the Fourier transform.

A few weeks before the Paris-Saclay Summit 2026, of which the Académie des sciences is a partner, "Le Point" went to meet Françoise Combes, president of the prestigious institution.

On his first day in office in January 2025, the President of the United States denounced the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, but on January 7, 2026, he withdrew his country from more than 60 international organizations, including the IPCC and the United Nations Framewo

The French Academy of Sciences announces the election of Anne Ephrussi as Vice President for 2026. She will succeed Françoise Combes, current president, in 2027.

The Académie des Sciences is delighted to welcome eighteen new members from 2026, exceptional scientists and leading figures in their respective disciplines.

Tuesday, December 16, the Académie des Sciences welcomed the 80 2025 winners of the Scientific Olympiads from all over France and abroad to the Coupole of the Institut de France.

At a time when a great deal of erroneous or approximate information on major scientific issues is circulating on the internet, the Académie des sciences has chosen to make available a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) to provide reliable, rigorous and accessible insig

We went to meet the prizewinners, as well as Bing-Yu Chen, Vice-Minister of Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council, who emphasized the importance of this prize in scientific cooperation between France and Taiwan.