Science

Every three years, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) conducts a survey analysing Europeans' concerns about food products. The results show significant disparities from one country to another.

Snacks, sliced bread and other ready meals are often unhealthy, but it is a big challenge to cut them out of your diet...

The most prominent American virologist explains why the current epidemic in Africa concerns him, as his country prepares to host the Football World Cup.

With the dismantling of American healthcare infrastructure, the European Union finds itself at the forefront of this new epidemic, our columnist emphasises.

Convincing oneself that one is getting better and is in good hands does not cure, but can help to alleviate certain symptoms. Researchers advocate for wider use of these mechanisms.

The French government claims to have adopted the "strictest measures" in Europe against hantavirus. Quarantine, isolation, testing: an overview of the protocols implemented by its neighbouring countries.

A consortium of researchers has revealed its findings on long Covid. According to them, the symptoms are indeed real, but they are maintained by the brain, which remains stuck in "defence mode" after infection. The hypothesis has provoked the fury of patient associations.

Four decades after the worst disaster to occur in a civilian nuclear facility, its health consequences are still controversial in the scientific community.

From Dieselgate to anti-cancer treatments and future batteries, the Joint Research Centre of the European Union is active on all fronts. L'Express visited its nuclear heart in Karlsruhe.

Healthcare professionals now swear by artificial intelligence, especially generative AI. But beware of the risk of deskilling.

Dr Paul Bastard, researcher at the Imagine Institute, is seeking to understand why some high-risk individuals never develop cancer. This project runs against the grain and has been awarded a prestigious Cancer Grand Challenges grant, one of the most sought-after in the world.

In the midst of the Sidaction campaign, Sidaction, the HIV/AIDS charity, unveils a survey showing a lack of understanding about the disease in France. The figures serve as a reminder that, across much of Europe, the process of HIV transmission is still poorly understood.

Thanks to artificial intelligence and the democratisation of biotechnologies, it is now possible to develop credible vaccine prototypes from your own living room, without any knowledge of biology.

In his book "Je ne suis pas complotiste, mais…" ("I am not a conspiracy theorist, but…"), psychologist Pascal Wagner-Egger explains why the investigation methods used by conspiracy theorists are bound to fail.

Twelve years after the global success of "Gut: The inside story of our body's most underrated organ", Giulia Enders publishes a new book, "Organic". Blending scientific popularisation, medical prevention, and personal development, her book also offers a humorous and poetic reflection on the whirlwind of modern life.

Particularly exhausting for our brains, news related to the various conflicts around the world can quickly become an obsession. A phenomenon that is increasingly attracting the interest of scientists.

The launch of OpenAI’s health chatbot has triggered a race against time in French and European tech. The challenge: offering a credible, secure and sovereign alternative, at a time when millions of patients are already using artificial intelligence for medical questions.

The movement "Meha" attempts to influence European health policy. A group with dubious methods, anti-vaccine, anti-science, and subservient to Robert F. Kennedy, the American Secretary of Health.

In three months of fatherhood, our journalist has been overwhelmed by information, more or less reliable. Out of professional habit, he checked.

A new expert analysis from Inserm on cocaine highlights that there is still no authorised treatment for cocaine dependence, even though encouraging leads exist.

Peter Attia, a star doctor in the US, has had his book on the New York Times bestseller list for two and a half years. On the occasion of its translation, he gave L'Express his only interview in French.

Teenagers are easy targets for misinformation on the Internet. Neuroscientist Grégoire Borst shares his advice to help them distinguish between real and fake news.

Scientists are seeking to combat ageing or rejuvenate the skin through epigenetics. A rapidly expanding field, but one already appropriated for commercial purposes by the cosmetics and wellness industry.

Even though they have not yet elucidated all the mechanisms, scientists are gaining a better understanding of why alcoholic beverages can cause the development of tumours...

From personalised gene therapies to the first drugs designed by artificial intelligence, this new year could see major advances in medicine materialise.

During the L'Express Europe conference, Professor Bana Jabri called on us to "think differently" in the face of the threats of our time. This was a call for boldness and action to defend science, but also, above all, our freedom.

A scientific revolution enabling us to tackle obesity, GLP-1 agonists are also transforming our society and our economy. For the better, and sometimes for the worse…

At a major conference held on 14 and 15 January in Paris, the Director of the Brain Institute reviews the scientific advances of recent years regarding these ever more prevalent brain diseases.

People over 70 now spend as much, if not more, time in front of their screens as teenagers. And this isn't necessarily good news.

Rejected from the Academy of Sciences by sexist officials, the physicist was enshrined in the Panthéon in 1995 alongside her husband. Justice has been done...