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27.09.21
Laser-plasma acceleration awarded by the French Physical Society
The experiments conducted by Cédric Thaury consist in focusing an energetic light beam on a target material in order to create a plasma, i.e. a gas of...
17.09.21
Awards for Four Group Science Projects of the X2019 Class
The 13 Group Science Projects (GSPs) selected by the education and research departments among the 113 GSPs of the X2019 class were presented on...
Research
17.09.21
Inauguration of SIRTA, a new Atmospheric Research Observatory
SIRTA (Site instrumental de recherche par télédétection), an infrastructure supported by the Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (IPSL*) and the result of...
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16.09.21
Binaural audio synthesis in the world of Star Wars
In the famous Star Wars film released in 1977, a scene shows Luke Skywalker learning the art of Jedi combat from his mentor Obiwan Kenobi. Using his...
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16.09.21
Genetic scissors in the hands of students at the Ecole Polytechnique
For the start of the 2021 academic year, the " Personalised reconstruction of the tumour process" teaching sponsorship offers third-year students of...
13.09.21
École Polytechnique in force at the 2021 International Mathematics Competition
Three teams of students from École Polytechnique participated in the International Mathematics Competition (IMC), open to university-level students...
Entrepreneurship
10.09.21
Polytechnique Ventures has already closed a third investment
Polytechnique Ventures, the seed fund created and funded by X alumni, has made its third investment less than three months after its official launch...
Research
09.09.21
Machine learning for predictive maintenance
Predictive (or positive) maintenance is a major challenge for the railway sector. The "Artificial Intelligence and Positive Maintenance" research...
09.09.21
The X-HEC Master of Science and Technology in Data Science for Business in the Top 3 Worldwide - QS 2022
The X-HEC Master of Science and Technology (MSc&T) in Data Science for Business comes in third place worldwide out of 120 comparable programs for its...
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03.09.21
A significant step in laser-fusion : reportage at LULI and CPHT
At LULI, laser beams are amplified and used for nuclear fusion experiments, among other studies. On 18 August, the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at...
31.08.21
L’X and Osaka University co-organized Part III of the U7+ Intergenerational Roundtable Series
Participants during the 3rd session of the U7+ Intergenerational Roundtable Series The U7+ Intergenerational Roundtable Series prolonged the...
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29.07.21
Studying quantum gravity with the holographic principle
Mathematical representation of an hyperbolic disk, corresponding to a two-dimensionnal anti-de Sitter space. Charles Marteau won the honorable mention...