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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...
24.03.21
Focus on the Role of Universities in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the Global University Presidents’ Forum
Which role can and shall universities play to move the 2030 Agenda forward? The forum provided the opportunity to exchange on universities’ strategies...
24.03.21
"L’X's MSc&T program has fully staked out its place", says Anne Chrétien, Head of the MSc&T program
Screenshot of the Online MSc&T 2020 Class Graduation Ceremony with the special participation of Eric Labaye, president of Ecole Polytechnique and...
Research
17.03.21
Covid-19: An update on research, a year after the first lockdown in France
The month of March marked the anniversary of a nationwide lockdown in France, decided by the government to stem the pandemic of Covid-19, which...
Research
17.03.21
Rigid and viscous, the truth about white blood cells
Credits : Julien Husson, LadHyX, https://cellmechanics.jimdofree.com/ In the continuation of their research on the physical properties of cells...
Campus
11.03.21
Unprecedented historical collections of l'X on Google Arts & Culture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn_weDO1h6A Stemming from a partnership initiated in 2019 with Google Arts & Culture, which specializes in virtual...
03.03.21
QS ranks l’X in the Top 40 worldwide for the study of 4 subjects
École Polytechnique has been named as one of the world’s top universities for the study of 11 subjects according to the 2021 edition of the QS World...
Research
26.02.21
“Emotional" algorithms for artworks
Recognizing images A key problem in computer science is teaching computers to “understand” images. Traditionally this means developing algorithms that...
25.02.21
MSc&T: Two-thirds of graduates get a job before graduation
The second « First Job survey » of the École polytechnique's Master of Science and Technology (MSc&T) graduates highlights the strong appeal of the...
Entrepreneurship
24.02.21
Focus on l'X start-ups dedicated to cryptoassets and blockchain in the wake of the Bitcoin-mania
Is the American entrepreneur Elon Musk, who has shaken up the automotive and space sectors, ready to take on the highly regulated world of finance and...
23.02.21
X research in nuclear power: Between fusion and fission
March 11, 2021 will mark the 10th anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear accident, which occurred as a result of a tsunami following an earthquake on...
Research
23.02.21
Discovery of a stellar graveyard
Credits : Nasa/Hubble Globular clusters are extremely dense stellar systems in which the stars are very close together. Eduardo Vitral (X2015) and...