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.
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.
Nineteen École Polytechnique alumni have been chosen by the French think tank Institut Choiseul in its annual ranking of the top 200 young French economic leaders, seven of them appearing in the top 100.
Organized by the student association X’Srael, this year’s Tech Trip invited École Polytechnique’s students to discover Israel’s dynamic start-up scene...
Wolfram Schlenker Professor, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and The Earth Institute Co-director, Center for Environmental Economics...
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.
The French Minister for the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, came to Ecole polytechnique to talk with the Polytechnicien students and to preside over the military parade for the X2019 Class leaving the campus. Faced with crises, France needs top-flight engineers, she said.
Aleix Güell, researcher at Laboratory of Physics of Interfaces and Thin Films, has been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept grant. It will allow him to explore the commercial potential of an imaging technique that combines scanning probe microscopy and Raman spectroscopy to study materials in liquids, from battery to living cells.
In a research paper published in Nucleic Acids Research, an international collaboration involving the Optics and Biosciences Laboratory shows the presence of nucleic acid knots called G-quadruplexes in helminth parasites. The researchers also identify molecules that can bind to these structures.
L’X and Brown University extend their partnership agreement to facilitate transatlantic mobility for visiting faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students.
The 58th Paris International Agricultural Show took place from February 26 to March 6. On this occasion, the French government announced the launch of a new program, Agri20, to support innovative startups in the sector. Take a look at five X AgriTech startups : Thegreendata, Proteme, Fruition Sciences, Farmwise and Ÿnsect.
Jimmy Energy, co-founded by Antoine Guyot (X2013) and Mathilde Grivet (HEC 2014), designs and operates mini-nuclear reactors supplying heat to industrial sites, without greenhouse gas emissions. It has raised €2.2 million in seed funding. It’s the fourth investment of Polytechnique Ventures, the seed fund created and funded by X alumni.
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