X81 and former chair of the applied mathematics department at École Polytechnique, Stéphane Mallat has been awarded the CNRS Gold Medal, the research organization's highest distinction.
A publication by the Econophysics and Complex Systems Chair at École Polytechnique, supported by Capital Fund Management, reveals how a minority of altruistic individuals can transform the collective behaviour of a system. This work illustrates how physics tools can contribute to a better understanding of social and economic dynamics and shed light on collective issues ranging from the organisation of human societies to the design of new forms of artificial intelligence.
Anna Korba, Vignesh Kannan, Thomas Debris-Alazard, and Alejandro Alvarez Laguna have just been awarded Starting Grants from the European Research Council (ERC). These grants enable young researchers to set up research teams working on cutting-edge topics.
“Air quality modeling in South America: context and Franco–South American collaborations” was at the center of the lecture given by Sylvain Mailler, researcher (ENPC ) at the Dynamic Meteorology Laboratory of École Polytechnique, during his visit to the National Polytechnic School of Quito this summer. Renowned for its high level of scientific excellence, the institution is an international partner of École Polytechnique in Ecuador.
The Dynamic Meteorology Laboratory (LMD*) is involved in scientific projects on two satellites launched this summer within weeks of each other, MicroCarb and Metop-SG. Explanations from Cyril Crevoisier and Laure Corazza, scientists at the LMD.
As part of a joint research project with Christophe Josserand, Deputy Director of the Hydrodynamics Laboratory (LadHyX) and lecturer at the École Polytechnique and the CNRS, École Polytechnique welcomed a visit from Sergio Rica, a researcher from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC). This international mobility was supported by the Erasmus+ program was granted for its application to foster collaborations with partner universities in Chile.
Researchers from the Optics and Biosciences Laboratory (LOB*) participated in a study showing that certain three-dimensional structures of DNA, known...
A publication by researchers at the Irradiated Solids Laboratory (LSI*) has just been awarded the Brunauer Prize by the American Ceramic Society. The researchers succeeded in isolating and studying the structure and reactivity of a concrete mineral to demonstrate its role in the problem of concrete degradation in sulfated environments. This problem directly affects the durability of buildings.
François Levin has just been awarded the Prix Michel Serres de thèse interdisciplinaire 2025 for his doctorate at l’X Interdisciplinary Laboratory (LINX*). His thesis is entitled “L'intelligence artificielle au défi de ses critiques philosophiques”.
For the third consecutive year, École Polytechnique hosted Opération CIEDS, an annual event dedicated to research and innovation in defense and security. The event, organized by the Center for Defense and Security Studies (CIEDS), in which many of the École Polytechnique's research laboratories are involved, is supported by the Ministry of the Armed Forces and the Defense Innovation Agency.
In the renowned International Collegiate Programming Contest, a team of students from École Polytechnique won a gold medal at the regional stage, followed by a bronze medal at the European event. The team has now qualified for the international final, to be held from August 31 to September 5, 2025.
Alain Aspect, a former student of the ENS-Cachan (now ENS-Paris-Saclay), professor at the Institut d'optique-université Paris-Saclay, professor at École polytechnique, and emeritus research director at the CNRS, was elected to the French Academy on June 26, 2025. He thus becomes the second French Nobel Prize winner in physics to be elected to the French Academy after Louis de Broglie, who won the Nobel Prize in 1929 and was elected in 1944.
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