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.
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.
An international collaboration involving the Irradiated Solids Laboratory has just published a paper in Physical Review Letters detailing the mechanisms at work for detecting circularly polarised light using spin-optoelectronic devices called spin photodiodes.
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.
As part of the "Responsible Business Education Awards", the Financial Times has rewarded Alexis Louaas and Pierre Picard for their work on insurance mechanisms to help farmers in developing countries.
The Brockmann Foundation and l’X signed an agreement to provide a new scholarship for Mexican students. Awarded once a year, this scholarship will allow an eligible candidate to enroll in one of the School's eight Master's degree programs of Science & Technology.
Pauline Rossi, associate professor of economics at the Centre for Research in Economics and Statistics, has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant which will enable her to set up a research team on the role of social interactions in population dynamics.
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.
The start-up PayFit, co-founded by Florian Fournier (X2013), has announced that it has raised €254 million, valuing it at over $2 billion and making it the 23rd French unicorn.
École Polytechnique is one of the founders of the EuroTeQ Engineering University, which offers professors and students the opportunity to implement new teaching and learning formats while involving business partners.
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