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16.11.22
Nikhil Desai and Sébastien Michelin awarded for their research on microswimmers
The researchers receive the François Frenkiel Award from the American Physical Society for their work at the Hydrodynamics Laboratory on the modelling of active drops moving in a fluid.
Research
24.05.22
Collective movement of cells viewed through the lens of fluid mechanics
Constraining the movement of vascular cells by culturing them on engineered microgrooved substrates generates a new pattern of collective motion that can be predicted using the physical framework of active fluids. This work has been published in Nature Communications by a team from the Hydrodynamics Laboratory.
Research
17.05.22
Interview with Patrick Huerre, hydrodynamic instabilities specialist
Patrick Huerre is CNRS Senior Scientist Emeritus and was Professor at Ecole Polytechnique where he co-founded the Hydrodynamics Laboratory with Jean-Marc Chomaz. He has just been awarded the European Society of Mechanics' Fluid Mechanics Prize, for his career devoted to hydrodynamic instabilities.
Research
10.05.22
How dandelion parachute works
The way in which the dandelion opens or closes in order to fly has been modelled in a paper in Nature Communications co-authored by researchers from the Hydrodynamics Laboratory at École Polytechnique.
Research
20.04.22
Phagocytosis hits the front page of Biophysical Journal
A study on the mechanical properties of white blood cells has been carried out in collaboration between the Hydrodynamics Laboratory at École Polytechnique and the Institute of Physical Chemistry at Université Paris-Saclay. It makes the cover of the latest issus of Biophysical Journal.
Research
Facile
24.03.22
Kirigami helps design new materials
A study carried out at Ecole Polytechnique's Hydrodynamics Laboratory by Sophie Ramananarivo has drawn inspiration from kirigami, the Japanese art of paper cutting, to study materials that can deform when immersed in a fluid.
Entrepreneurship, Innovation
20.03.22
Metyos: A connected wearable biosensor to help weight loss
Meeting with Alexandre Boulanger, CEO of Metyos. The startup, both medtech and deeptech, is developing a personal biosensor to address the problem of the great pandemic of overweight and obesity in the world.
Chairs, Research
11.02.22
Annual call for applications of the " For women in quantitative finance " scholarship
On the occasion of the International Women in Science Day, the Chair "Econophysics & complex systems" opens the 2022 call for applications for the "CFM Woman in quantitative finance" PhD scholarship. This award encourages the careers of young female researchers in this field, where there are still few women.
Research
07.02.22
Jean-Jacques Marigo and Patrick Huerre awarded by Euromech
Jean-Jacques Marigo, researcher at the Solid Mechanics Laboratory, and Patrick Huerre, from the Hydrodynamics Laboratory at Ecole Polytechnique, received the Solid Mechanics and Fluid Mechanics prizes from the European Mechanics Society.
Research
11.10.21
Claire Dessalles, winner of the L'Oréal - UNESCO "For Women in Science" award
Portrait ©Fondation L’Oréal Claire Dessalles (X2013), a young researcher in the "Cardiovascular Cellular Engineering" Chair, is the winner of the "For...
Entrepreneurship
10.09.21
Polytechnique Ventures has already closed a third investment
Polytechnique Ventures, the seed fund created and funded by X alumni, has made its third investment less than three months after its official launch...
Research
24.06.21
Modeling aerosol flows in hospital rooms
Simulation of aerosol's propagation in an hospital room. The Covid-19 pandemic has put unprecedented pressure on hospitals in France and around the...