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01.11.23
"Reveal" the physics game on show at Paris Games Week
"Reveal", the game developed by the gamelab of the Chair "Science and Video Games", is part of a selection of video games created in France at Paris Games Week.
International, Education, Research
10.05.23
EuroTech Postdoc2 brings together postdocs from across Europe
École Polytechnique organized a five-day boot camp for the 35 postdoctoral researchers enrolled in the EuroTech Postdoc2 fellowship program. From April 17-21, 2023, the participants joined the campus from across Europe to meet their peers and take part in several workshops designed to support them in their future careers.
Research
16.01.23
Deflecting lightning with a laser lightning rod
Thanks to a high-powered laser installed on the summit of Säntis (Switzerland), a European consortium led by the Laboratoire d’optique appliquée has succeeded in influencing the trajectory of lightning. These results are published in the journal Nature Photonics.
Research
04.07.22
Ten years ago, the Higgs boson was discovered
In 2012, a new elementary particle was discovered thanks to a worldwide scientific collaboration that included Leprince-Ringuet laboratory and Center for Microelectronics. Here is a look back at this crucial step that opened up new perspectives for particle physics research.
Entrepreneurship, Innovation
29.03.22
10 X start-ups in the Challenges magazine 2022 Top 100
Ten start-ups founded by École Polytechnique alumni or supported by the X-Novation incubator are included in the ranking of the 100 start-ups to invest in in 2022 published by Challenges magazine.
Research
18.03.22
Workshop on the Smilei code for simulating plasmas
Smilei is an open-source code for plasma simulation, the result of a collaboration between physicists and high-performance computing experts. It can simulate relativistic interactions between lasers and plasma or astrophysical phenomena. The workshop from 9 to 11 March explored this vast field of applications.
Research
28.07.21
New equipment for the Leprince-Ringuet laboratory for particle physics and astrophysics
Within the framework of a national funding for very large research infrastructures (TGIR), the Leprince-Ringuet laboratory for particle physics and...
Research
26.07.21
Students present their work at a major AI conference
The Platform for Artificial Intelligence (PFIA) is a major annual event in artificial intelligence research. It addresses issues and research common...
Research
28.06.21
Integrated circuits : Controlling the design is a major issue
Two large-scale events celebrated the achievements and potential of high tech and digital technology in June: Vivatech, where the Institut...
Research
31.05.21
50 years of particle physics with IN2P3
Reynald Pain, director of IN2P3, at Ecole polytechnique, May 19th 2021 “Exploring the two infinities” is how Reynald Pain describes the mission of the...
Research
10.05.21
A laser lightning rod
Credit : Pix Videos Production Company Guiding lightning by laser. This could be a superpower. However, this is not a science fiction scenario, but...
Research
23.04.21
Science and video games conference: The diversity of intelligences
Valuing the abilities of people with autistic disorders, who represent nearly 2% of the world's population, is a real social and economic challenge...