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25.05.21
The physics of droplet hurdles race
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg7WjY1siNY Water-glycerol droplets with various viscosities are running down a tilted track. Reproduced from Hélène...
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20.05.21
Second harmonic generation on an extreme ultraviolet source
Main chamber of the XUV source at the Applied Optics Laboratory. In green, an alignment beam. Photons that make up light are usually rather solitary...
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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...
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05.05.21
A mathematician trained at l’X in the 2021 list of Forbes 30 Under 30
Congratulations on your inclusion in the 2021 Forbes 30 Under 30 - Europe list. According to you, what are the key factors of this nomination? Thank...
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28.04.21
Shedding light on the muon’s magnetic moment puzzle
Has the Standard Model, the theory of particle physics, broken down? Physicists have been asking this question since the publication of the first...
27.04.21
Tsinghua's Global Forum of University Presidents 2021: Focus on Universities' New Missions
The conference brought together the leadership of over 110 universities across the globe to explore challenges and opportunities in line with...
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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...
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22.04.21
Science and video games conference: AI and cooperation
Since the work of Google DeepMind researchers in 2019, Hanabi has been described as "the new frontier of artificial intelligence research". Antoine...
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21.04.21
Science and video games conference: The realism of physics
Newtonian physics, whose laws govern gravity and collisions, is one of the most complicated elements of game realism to model today. As part of the...
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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...
29.03.21
25 École Polytechnique alumni among the economic leaders of tomorrow
Every year, the Institut Choiseul identifies and ranks young leaders under 40 who play a major economic role in France and abroad. Among the...
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...