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06.07.20
Supernovae and Magnetic Fields in the Lab
Radiowave and X-ray pictures of G296.5+10.0 supernova from SNRcat A supernova happens when a star runs out of fuel and dies, generating a huge...
Research
01.07.20
Understanding plasma thrusters instabilities
Xenon plasma, gas mixture consisting of electrons, ions and atoms, is of real interest for space propulsion. By ejecting gas at a speed ten times...
Research
30.06.20
Mathieu Rosenbaum, winner of the Louis Bachelier Prize 2020
The London Mathematical Society, the French Society for Applied and Industrial Mathematics (SMAI) and the Natixis Foundation have chosen to award the...
Institution
30.06.20
Institut Polytechnique de Paris celebrates its first anniversary
Officially founded on May 31, 2019, Institut Polytechnique de Paris brings together five prestigious French schools (Ecole Polytechnique, ENSTA Paris...
Chairs, Research
26.06.20
Beauty, a story of complexity
The idea of a universal criteria to quantify beauty haunts artists and philosophers since Ancient Greece. Centuries after the golden number theory...
Research
25.06.20
EuroTech Offers €12.7M in Post-Doctoral Fellowships
The six-member EuroTech Alliance universities announced the awarding of 70 grants over a 24-month period to postdoctoral researchers for training in...
Institution
25.06.20
Total to be the first R&I center implemented in innovation park
As part of the institution’s strategic partnership with Total, École Polytechnique has approved the creation of a new center for innovation and...
Research
17.06.20
Quasar jets: cosmic particle accelerators
Composite image of Centaurus A, revealing the jets emerging from the central black hole of the galaxy, and the associated gamma emission. © ESO/WFI...
Research
15.06.20
Lasers for understanding magnetic instabilities in astrophysics
Ion radiography of Weibel instability: protons accelerated by laser-plasma interaction in a first target (left) pass through a second target, itself...
Research
15.06.20
European Microscopy Life Sciences Awards 2020 winner : Emmanuel Beaurepaire
Distinguished by the Raimond Castaing Prize of the French Microscopy Society in 2019, Emmanuel Beaurepaire will be awarded the 2020 European...
10.06.20
L’X affirms its ranking in the Top 100 best universities worldwide
École Polytechnique is ranked among the Top 100 universities according to the 2021 edition of the best universities worldwide released by QS...
Institution
28.05.20
The health crisis, exceptional mobilization and a driver of transformation – Eric Labaye
École Polytechnique resumed its on-site activities on May 12. How are this post-lockdown phase and preparations for the Fall semester 2020 being...