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Climate change at the heart of banking risks
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18.06.21
Climate change at the heart of banking risks
Since 1997, the Rare-Event Simulation Workshop (RESIM) has been an interdisciplinary event bringing together experts in rare event simulation theory...
When ants pilot themselves like fishing boats...
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04.06.21
When ants pilot themselves like fishing boats...
The extinction of fish populations due to overexploitation is a current problem that stems in particular from the lack of models capable of simulating...
What projects emerge from the arts & science Chair's summer school?
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02.06.21
What projects emerge from the arts & science Chair's summer school?
Credits: Antoine Desjardins, artist, professor at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs - EnsAD and researcher at Ensadlab The first edition of "Useful...
50 years of particle physics with IN2P3
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31.05.21
50 years of particle physics with IN2P3
Reynald Pain, director of IN2P3, at Ecole polytechnique, May 19th 2021 “Exploring the two infinities” is how Reynald Pain describes the mission of the...
École Polytechnique fills the space at SpaceConnect'21 on June 24
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28.05.21
École Polytechnique fills the space at SpaceConnect'21 on June 24
SpaceConnect'21, an event dedicated to the European space community, will take place in a hybrid format on June 24 in Meudon with a strong involvement...
Josselin Garnier receives the Grand Prix Scientifique of the Simone and Cino Del Duca Foundation
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27.05.21
Josselin Garnier receives the Grand Prix Scientifique of the Simone and Cino Del Duca Foundation
What do an earthquake, a sonar at sea and a laser shot into the atmosphere have in common? All three emit waves which, as they travel through these...
The physics of droplet hurdles race
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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...
Second harmonic generation on an extreme ultraviolet source
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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...
A laser lightning rod
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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...
A mathematician trained at l’X in the 2021 list of Forbes 30 Under 30
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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...
Shedding light on the muon’s magnetic moment puzzle
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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...
Science and video games conference: The diversity of intelligences
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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...