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Polytechnique Ventures, an investment fund created upon the initiative of the alumni of École Polytechnique, is launched today with the ambition of strengthening the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem at École Polytechnique.

Vincent Strubel (X2000), Director General of the French Cybersecurity Agency (ANSSI), spoke at École Polytechnique, underlining the change in scale of cybercrime, the explosion in training and research needs in cyberdefense, and the role Ecole Polytechnique can play to fulfill them.

Emeritus researcher at CNRS and former scientific director of Institut Photovoltaïque d'Île-de-France, Daniel Lincot will give his inaugural lecture at the Liliane Bettencourt Chair at Collège de France on 20 January. He will give an overview of photovoltaic energy, from historical aspects to curre…

Article 1. Purpose of the data protection policyThis policy is intended to meet the École Polytechnique's information obligations regarding the protection of data processed by the websites and internet pages under its responsibility. These information obligations are defined in particular in A…

Forest fires, power cuts and damaged infrastructure…lightning fascinates and destroys in equal measure, causing as many as 24,000 deaths a year worldwide not to mention widespread destruction. Even today, the lightning rod invented by Benjamin Franklin is the best form of protection. And y…

A biannual event marking the end of incubation at  École Polytechnique's Drahi-X Novation Center, the XUP Demoday gave an opportunity to eleven start-ups to pitch their projects to business angels, investment funds and potential partners.These eleven high-tech start-ups cover a wide range …

There is no doubt that a revolution will upset biology, the main science of nature along with physics. The detailed knowledge of many genomes, new microscopies that reveal cellular architecture, the determination of thousands of structures of biomolecules with atomic resolution are just some of the…

How can the chemical sciences respond to major societal challenges: in health and bioengineering, for the environment around clean, safe, and efficient energies, for developing quantum technologies and sober, sustainable, and innovative materials? Chemistry is a natural science. From the atom to th…

The Department of Economics at Ecole Polytechnique offers training in economics in the engineering degree and Bachelor degree. It also contributes to Master of Science and Technology, Masters and Ph.D. programs in Economics together with partner institutions in Institut Polytechnique de Paris. …

The annual conference of EuroTech Universities Alliance took place on the 10th of November 2020. The Keynote speech was given by Thierry Breton, Commissioner for Internal Market, European Commission. In the following, the program of the conference offered panel discussions dedicated to momentous to…

Presentation of the department   Within the École Polytechnique's Education Department, the Bachelor Program Department is responsible for the recruitment, reception and administrative follow-up of students in the Bachelor program. Its role is to accompany, inform and help the student…

The Ecole Polytechnique Communications Department is committed to making its sites accessible in accordance with article 47 of law no. 2005-102 of February 11, 2005. To this end, a digital accessibility plan and action plan are currently being drawn up. This declaration of accessibility will apply …

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Credits : Nasa/HubbleGlobular clusters are extremely dense stellar systems in which the stars are very close together. Eduardo Vitral (X2015) and Gary Mamon (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris) were interested in the cluster NGC 6397 in the Altar constellation, one of the closest globular cluste…