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RocketriX Challenge: 400 secondary school pupils set out to conquer space On 13 and 14 March, 400 secondary school pupils set their sights on the stars at the École Polytechnique campus as part of the RocketriX challenge, organised by the school's Equal Opportunities Unit and the AstronautiX student society.

Adrien Bilal (X2010), Best Young Economist of 2026 Adrien Bilal (X2010), an assistant professor of economics at Stanford University, has been awarded the 2026 Best Young Economist Award. Adrien Bilal’s research focuses on the economic consequences of global warming. Two of the three other economists...

Particle physics: The LHCb collaboration plans for the future Scientists from the LHCb experiment at CERN, including a team from the Leprince-Ringuet Laboratory (LLR*), gathered for a workshop at École Polytechnique to discuss how to improve the LHCb particle physics experiment over the next decade.

Adrien Bilal (X2010), Best Young Economist of 2026 Adrien Bilal (X2010), an assistant professor of economics at Stanford University, has been awarded the 2026 Best Young Economist Award. Adrien Bilal’s research focuses on the economic consequences of global warming. Two of the three other economists...

Portraits of Female Entrepreneurs – Ekaterina Kukhtenko: a solution for detecting respiratory infections Ekaterina Kukhtenko's start-up, VAir, aims to make respiratory infection diagnosis easier using a portable, ultra-fast device that analyses patients' exhaled air directly. Born out of the Covid-19 pandemic, this idea has the potential to help...

L’X signs MoU with the Tandon School of Engineering at New York University A newly signed Memorandum of Understanding between École Polytechnique and the Tandon School of Engineering at New York University (NYU) underscores the shared commitment to encouraging and facilitating international mobility between both...