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The Mooc "Studying in France", produced by l’X, in the Top 100 Most Popular Online Courses of All Time
Education
03.02.22
The Mooc "Studying in France", produced by l’X, in the Top 100 Most Popular Online Courses of All Time
The Mooc "Studying in France" created by the team of the French professors at the École Polytechnique and distributed on the Coursera platform comes 77th in the ranking of the 250 most Most Popular Online Courses of All Time, established by the Mooc aggregator Class Central.
Daniel Lincot appointed to the Chair in Technological Innovation at Collège de France
Chairs, Research
07.01.22
Daniel Lincot appointed to the Chair in Technological Innovation at Collège de France
Emeritus researcher at CNRS and former scientific director of Institut Photovoltaïque d'Île-de-France, Daniel Lincot will give his inaugural lecture at the Liliane Bettencourt Chair at Collège de France on 20 January. He will give an overview of photovoltaic energy, from historical aspects to current energy transition challenges.
Annual workshop: state of the art in cancer research
Research
29.11.21
Annual workshop: state of the art in cancer research
The annual workshop "Current Trends in Cancer Modelling and Research" in November 2021 enabled Polytechnique students to come into contact with high...
Polarised light, a new biomedical diagnostic tool
Research
26.11.21
Polarised light, a new biomedical diagnostic tool
The development of medical imaging techniques during the 20th century has greatly improved diagnosis, treatment and patient care. New techniques...
First meeting of the GDR EMILI on low temperature plasmas
Research
08.11.21
First meeting of the GDR EMILI on low temperature plasmas
Plasmas represent a state of matter in which electrons are torn from the atoms with which they are usually associated in solids, liquids or gases...
A new scientific interest group for additive manufacturing
Research
04.11.21
A new scientific interest group for additive manufacturing
Mainly used in numerous industrial sectors such as transport, space, biomedical and defence, additive manufacturing is constantly developing. In order...
Awards for Four Group Science Projects of the X2019 Class
17.09.21
Awards for Four Group Science Projects of the X2019 Class
The 13 Group Science Projects (GSPs) selected by the education and research departments among the 113 GSPs of the X2019 class were presented on...
« Artificial photosynthesis » team of scientists wins Royal Society of Chemistry's Horizon Prize
Research
07.07.21
« Artificial photosynthesis » team of scientists wins Royal Society of Chemistry's Horizon Prize
Principle of the device demonstrated in "Low-cost high-efficiency system for solar-driven conversion of CO 2 to hydrocarbons" Tran Ngoc Huan et al...
A promising enzyme for green chemistry in Science
Research
09.04.21
A promising enzyme for green chemistry in Science
An international consortium, including many researchers from CEA, CNRS, Inserm, École Polytechnique and the universities of Grenoble Alpes, Paris...
Launch of the building project of the future IP Paris Mechanical Center
Campus
30.03.21
Launch of the building project of the future IP Paris Mechanical Center
The launch of the construction work on the Pôle mécanique marks a new stage in the deployment of the master plan for the campus of the Institut...
Women entrepreneurship: 3 questions for Mariam Ezzedine, co-founder of Hiperssys
Entrepreneurship
05.03.21
Women entrepreneurship: 3 questions for Mariam Ezzedine, co-founder of Hiperssys
Mariam Ezzedine (on the right) and Fatme Jardali (on the left), co-founders of Hiperssys How did the idea of Hiperssys come about? This...
A miniature gas sensor based on carbon nanotubes
Research
24.02.21
A miniature gas sensor based on carbon nanotubes
Image Credits : Salomé Forel "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom": In a founding speech for nanotechnology, physicist Richard Feynman encouraged...