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Among the interfaces developed in organic chemistry, the one with biology is one of the most prolific, due to the many possible interactions of small organic molecules with living organisms, and the resulting applications. The methods and targeted synthesis of complex molecules make it possible to …
Ecole polytechniqueAs part of a joint research project with Christophe Josserand, Deputy Director of the Hydrodynamics Laboratory (LadHyX) and lecturer at the École Polytechnique and the CNRS, École Polytechnique welcomed a visit from Sergio Rica, a researcher from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC). …
Ecole polytechniqueCrédit photo : Bengt Nyman - (CC BY 2.0)Invented in 1985 by Donna Strickland and Gérard Mourou, the Chirped Pulse Amplification method (CPA) paved the way for ultra-intense lasers and revolutionized their uses, ranging from eye surgery to the particles physics.Today, thousands of researchers arou…
Ecole polytechniqueSixteen École Polytechnique’s alumni and students appear in the 2023 edition of the French think tank Institut Choiseul ranking of business leaders under 40. Seven of them are in the Top 100.
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Ecole polytechniqueTwo students (X2021) completed the civil training part of the Ingénieur Polytechnicien program in Yamoussoukro, at the high school Mamie Adjoua, and at Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny. To both, the training represented an opportunity to engage as citizens and to discover the …
Ecole polytechniquePortrait ©Fondation L’OréalClaire Dessalles (X2013), a young researcher in the "Cardiovascular Cellular Engineering" Chair, is the winner of the "For Women in Science" prize awarded annually by the L'Oréal Foundation and UNESCO. This prize aims to develop the visi…
Ecole polytechniqueOn March 26, 2025, Claire Fauvarque Nuytten was awarded the 2024 Pierre Faurre prize by Jean-Paul Cottet (class X 1974), Executive Director of École Polytechnique Foundation. A graduate of École Polytechnique (class X 2009), she is currently in charge of new elastomer process developments in the Mi…
Ecole polytechniqueClaude Sabbah, a mathematician at Laurent Schwartz Mathematics Center (CMLS*), has just been awarded two Frontiers of Science prizes for two of his scientific articles.
Ecole polytechniquePhysicist and CNRS research director at the Laboratory of Condensed Matter for Physics, Claude Weisbuch has been honored by the French Academy of Sciences.
Ecole polytechniqueClaudine Hermann was the first woman to be appointed as a professor at l’X, a renowned physicist and a champion of the promotion of women in the scientific world. She died on July 17th in her 76th year.Born on December 19, 1945 in Paris, Claudine Hermann was a former student of the École norm…
Ecole polytechniqueThe second CLIFIRIUM conference (Climate finance, risk and uncertainty modelling) was held from 09 to 11 October 2023 at the Banque de France and the French Banking Federation. It was organised by the "Stress-Test: Risk Management and Financial Steering" Chair, headed by Emmanuel Gobet (professor a…
Ecole polytechniqueSince 1997, the Rare-Event Simulation Workshop (RESIM) has been an interdisciplinary event bringing together experts in rare event simulation theory and applications. With more than 150 participants from 22 different countries from Europe, America and Africa, the 13th edition of RESIM in May 2021 a…
Ecole polytechniqueTwo years after the publication of École Polytechnique's Climate Plan and its commitment to make sustainable development a core part of its fundamental missions of education, research and innovation, the implementation of all of its ten objectives has been launched.
Ecole polytechniqueThe MAESTRO project led by Sandrine Bony at the Dynamic Meteorology Laboratory has just received an Advanced grant from the European Research Council. The aim is to better understand the organisation of clouds and convection processes. Clouds formed by convective processes in the atmosphere affe…
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