From French tea and beer habits to France's world-changing inventions and authentically flavoured French crisps, this week's ...

From how France hopes to tackle violence in schools to why we might soon refer to the Seine River as a 'person', changes to ...

On-the-spot France Innovation and inventions at Paris consumer fair. Issued on: 08/05/2013 - 04:00 08/05/2013 - 04:00 ...

New rules now apply in France to inventions and software created by individuals who are neither private nor state sector employees, as Gaston Vedel of Cabinet Beau de Loménie explains These new ...

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This article was originally published with the title “ Treatises and Inventions Desired in France ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 12 No. 19 (May 1865), p. 296 doi:10.1038 ...

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