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This October 8th, the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to a trio of physicists for “the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit.” Among the laureates is Michel Devoret, a researcher who is very familiar with the Saclay plateau, ha…

The Research Internship Awards recognize a highlight in the training of the cycle ingénieur polytechnicien program students and Master's and MSc&T students. Fifty awards were presented and 81 students were congratulated for their work.

After 1870, the Army reinforces its position as the Polytechnicians’ first employer, but scientific studies are not abandoned.

Credit : European Union 2019Every year, the Institut Choiseul identifies and ranks young leaders under 40 who play a major economic role in France and abroad. Among the selections unveiled, a Top 100 and a complementary list of 100 profiles, 23 alumni of the Ecole Polytechnique earn their spot.10 g…

Every year, the Institut Choiseul identifies and ranks young leaders under 40 who play a major economic role in France and abroad. Among the selections unveiled, a Top 100 and a complementary list of 100 profiles, 25 alumni of the École Polytechnique earn their spot.11 graduates in the Choiseul 100…

Each year, the French National Centre for Scientific Research (French: Centre national de la recherche scientifique, (CNRS), the largest fundamental science agency in Europe), medal awards celebrate the researchers and agents who make exceptional contributions to the dynamism and reputation of the …

The publication of the results of the entrance exam to Ecole Polytechnique on August 2, 1972 marked the arrival of the first seven women in the Ingénieur Polytechnicien program. Ecole Polytechnique celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of its feminization throughout this year and is stepping up its e…

Reynald Pain, director of IN2P3, at Ecole polytechnique, May 19th 2021“Exploring the two infinities” is how Reynald Pain describes the mission of the scientists at IN2P3, the National Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics of the CNRS. As director of this institute, which has federat…

The sixth edition of the Bachelors speech contest took place on February 13, 2024. Open to 2nd-year students, this competition illustrates the openness and multidisciplinarity of this post-baccalaureate program, which is taught entirely in English and is now recognized worldwide.

A team from the Hydrodynamics Laboratory (LadHyX) has published an article in Biophysical Journal describing measurements of the mechanical properties of cells. An image of their experiment is featured on the cover. Here is what it looks like.

During a three-month visit, two Sudanese researchers, Fatema Mohamed and Maram Ali Ahmed, joined École Polytechnique’s Irradiated Solids Laboratory and strengthened their collaboration with the laboratory’s Theoretical Spectroscopy group on research projects focusing on the simulation of materials’…

The closing of École Polytechnique as of March 16th and until further notice and the containment measures put in place by the French authorities has led to drastically reduced access to the school’s campus and buildings. The school is closed to visitors and maintains minimal service to ensure…

In the journal Nature Communications, the QCMX team at the Laboratory of Condensed Matter for Physics (PMC*) demonstrates the operation of the first superconducting quantum circuit to feature a carbon nanotube. This hybrid system is a first step in the exploration of exotic low-dimensional physical…

On Saturday 11 April, almost 350 secondary school girls from the Île-de-France region were welcomed to the École Polytechnique campus. There, they had the opportunity to learn about scientific study programmes and careers in various fields, such as aeronautics, defence, artificial intelligence, ene…

The Financial Risk Chair, hosted by the Risk Foundation, led by Nicole El Karoui, professor emeritus at Sorbonne University, alongside Huyên Pham, professor at École Polytechnique, and supported by Société Générale, École des Ponts, École Polytechnique and its Foundation, and Sorbonne University, o…