Neutrinos, elementary particles that are particularly difficult to detect, could hold the key to understanding the distribution of matter and antimatter in the universe. Two major neutrino experiments, T2K and NOvA, have just published a joint analysis of their results in the journal Nature. Margherita Buizza Avanzini, a researcher at the Leprince Ringuet Laboratory (LLR*) and member of the T2K collaboration, explains.
The X-Forum, an annual event dedicated to employability and bringing together students from École Polytechnique and Institut Polytechnique de Paris with companies, took place on November 25 and 26. More than 150 companies were able to interact with nearly 2,000 participants, including 1,000 École Polytechnique students.
Former director of the Center for Management Studies (CRG*), Michel Berry received the Olivier Lecerf Prize, awarded by the Académie des sciences morales et politiques, for his career achievements.
Created in 2008 and supported ever since by EDF, the École Polytechnique's Sustainable Energy Chair, headed by François Willaime, expert fellow at the CEA and lecturer at École Polytechnique, has established itself as a major player in training future experts in low-carbon energy, particularly nuclear energy.
École Polytechnique and Docaposte, through its subsidiary Index Education, publisher of PRONOTE, are launching “OrienteXpress,” a research project aimed at improving guidance for young people toward scientific fields. This project is part of École Polytechnique's ongoing policy of promoting diversity and inclusion.
Among the 86 post-preparatory engineering schools, École Polytechnique tops Le Figaro's rankings, thanks to its high employment rate and starting salaries.
Led by Philippe Drobinski, professor at École Polytechnique, research director at the CNRS's Laboratory of Dynamic Meteorology and director of the Energy4Climate (E4C) Interdisciplinary Centre, the Chair in Technological Challenges for Responsible Energy, supported by TotalEnergies, is assisting in the development of an experimental agri-photovoltaic (AgriPV) installation initiated by E4C. The aim of this full-scale demonstrator is to reconcile agricultural production with photovoltaic electricity generation.
For the 2025/2026 academic year, ten international students at École Polytechnique have received the Eiffel Excellence Scholarship from the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. Awarded to outstanding foreign students, these scholarships highlight both the institution’s global reputation and the exceptional caliber of its international cohort.
Using high-intensity lasers, an international team involving researchers from the Applied Optics Laboratory (LOA*) and the Intense Lasers Laboratory (LULI*) will probe the behavior of light at an unprecedented level, at the limits of current quantum electrodynamics theory. The project has just been awarded a Synergy Grant from the European Research Council (ERC).
This October 8th, the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to a trio of physicists for “the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling...
On the initiative of the Science and Video Games Chair, supported by Ubisoft and directed by Raphaël Granier de Cassagnac, a researcher at the Leprince-Ringuet Laboratory, ENJMIN became an École Polytechnique application school in 2022. This collaboration opens up new perspectives for École Polytechnique students in the fields of digital creation and video games. Alexandre Pérot (X2018) is an inspiring example: after studying at École Polytechnique, he turned his attention to video game design.
Using ultra-fast laser beams, a team from the Irradiated Solids Laboratory (LSI*) has designed an experiment that allows both the creation of nanometric cavities in metal films and their study using several advanced microscopy techniques. The results have been published in the journal Physical Review Letters (PRL).
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