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Entrepreneurship
10.12.20
Innovation in Covid-19 times: Codi, the new work from home alternative
Christelle Rohaut, alumni of the Ingénieur Polytechnicien Program, says the innovation competitions she participated in while studying at l’X were a...
Research
09.12.20
An ERC grant to understand the first moments of the Universe
Quantum chromodynamics (QCD) is a physical theory that describes the strong interaction, one of the three fundamental forces of the Standard Model of...
Research
07.12.20
MAR1: First climate and environment report in the Mediterranean region
Credit: SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE In order to assess the best available scientific knowledge on climate and...
Institution
03.12.20
Former French President Giscard d’Estaing (X44) dies at 94
With the death of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1926-2020), the line of presidents of the French Republic who were polytechnicians died out for the time...
26.11.20
U7+ Alliance Presidential Summit 2020: Intergenerational justice high up on the agenda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp6egT_v5lw École Polytechnique is a founding member of the U7+ Alliance, which has been launched under the patronage...
Chairs
23.11.20
IP Paris and Accenture enter into a five-year strategic partnership
Planned for an initial five-year period, the "Technology for Change" Chair aims to accelerate and support ecological, economic, social and societal...
10.11.20
Designing a Resilient Europe – EuroTech Alliance High Level Event 2020
The annual conference of EuroTech Universities Alliance took place on the 10 th of November 2020. The Keynote speech was given by Thierry Breton...
Research
05.11.20
ERC Synergy: Antarctic Climate and the Role of the Hippocampus in the Brain
Photo credit: left: NASA - GSFC Scientific Visualization Studio Antarctica; right: images of colored neurons observed by the collaboration of the...
30.10.20
New agreement reinforces École Polytechnique’s academic cooperation in Ivory Coast to train high-level executives in Renewable Energies
From left to right: Mr. Abdourahmane Cissé, minister of Petroleum, Energy and Renewable Energies of Ivory Coast, Mr. Clément HERVÉ, French Embassy to...
28.10.20
THE 2021 Ranking by Subjects acknowledge the Excellence of École Polytechnique’s Research in "Physical sciences"
The 2021 edition of the Times Higher Education ranking of the best universities by subject acknowledges École Polytechnique’s research achievements in...
Research
21.10.20
See the structure of collagen in 3D
(a): principle of circular dichroism measurements in SHG on collagen fibrils oriented out of the imaging plane and of different polarities (pointing...
Institution
15.10.20
"Social Diversity: In one year, we've really scaled-up", says Marie Bresson, Diversity Delegate at l’X
A year after the release by Ecole Polytechnique of its report on the strengthening of social diversity within the School, Marie Bresson, Delegate for...