Communication
Can chemistry be environmentally friendly?
Published on: March 24 , 2026
Women still significantly underrepresented in scientific patents
Published on: March 12 , 2026
Inaugural lecture: Ecological transition: the hope of sustainability sciences
Published on: March 9 , 2026
In Europe, only one in seven inventors is a woman.
Updated on: November 8 , 2022
Wi-Fi invented by Hedy Lamarr, windshield wipers by Mary Anderson, and Kevlar by...
Claude Grison, a bio-inspired chemist conquering the green industry
Updated on: October 15 , 2022
The CNRS researcher received the European Inventor of the Year Award for her work on...
Ecocatalysis uses plants to recycle palladium
Updated on: October 10 , 2022
Although palladium has become an essential catalyst, it remains very difficult to recycle.
Patent, secrecy, or other protection: a difficult choice
Updated on: October 1 , 2022
The patent was created during the French Revolution to protect inventions, known as...
Claude Grison, European Inventor Award 2022: "Plants can be used to clean up soil and water pollution."
Updated on: September 22 , 2022
At a time when the planet is burning, drying up, and showing a little more of its...
This invasive water lettuce that cleans up polluted water
Updated on: September 17 , 2022
This exotic species, previously treated as waste, is now...
Claude Grison: "What do I tell young female researchers? Believe in your ideas and respect your values."
Updated on: September 6 , 2022
Claude Grison is a researcher at the CNRS and the University of Montpellier. Founder of...
"There is real industrial demand for pollution control and the production of bio-based molecules." Claude Grison, European Inventor Award 2022
Updated on: September 2 , 2022
In her laboratory at the University of Montpellier, researcher Claude Grison studies...
Deeptech: portrait of Claude Grison, the eco-chemist who cleans up soil using plants
Updated on: August 25 , 2022
A pioneer in ecocatalysis, a new scientific approach combining ecology and chemistry...
She uses invasive plants to clean up water and soil pollution.
Updated on: August 22 , 2022
What if we cleaned up our soil and water using invasive plants? In any case...
Claude Grison: "Developed more than 50 plants for the recovery of degraded soils."
Updated on: July 5 , 2022
She invented ecocatalysis, a process that uses plants to restore soil affected by...
BioInspir: recovering and recycling heavy metals from polluted soil using plants
Updated on: June 27 , 2022
A researcher at the CNRS and entrepreneur, Claude Grison has just won the inventor's prize...
Recognizing the value of a patent on the same level as a scientific publication
Updated on: June 27 , 2022
"The lack of recognition for innovation" and "the functioning of...
They revolutionized the world of vaccines: these exceptional inventors are the winners of the 2022 European Inventor Award
Updated on: June 24 , 2022
The European Patent Office announces the winners of the European Inventor Award...
Two French scientists receive awards
Updated on: June 23 , 2022
Three scientists, two French and one Swiss, won the inventor's prize...
A chemist and researcher at the CNRS in Montpellier receives the 2022 European Inventor Award for her work with organic plants.
Updated on: June 23 , 2022
Claude Grison, renowned chemist and researcher at the CNRS in Montpellier, is one of the...