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Meeting with Alexandre Boulanger, CEO of Metyos. The startup, both medtech and deeptech, is developing a personal biosensor to address the problem of the great pandemic of overweight and obesity in the world.  

Paris, Abu Dhabi – 19 May 2025 –– On the occasion of the Choose France Summit held in Versailles, Bpifrance, the French national investment bank, and MGX, the UAE investment fund focused on artificial intelligence and advanced technology, together with generative AI leader Mistral AI, and world lea…

The Board of the Friends of École Polytechnique, sister organization of École Polytechnique Foundation in the United States, has unanimously appointed Michel Combes (Class X1981) Chairman of the Friends of École Polytechnique (FEP). He succeeds Éric Setton (Class X1998) who held this position since…

The European Physical Society has awarded the Aflvén Prize to Michel Koenig, CNRS Research Director at the Intense Laser Laboratory (LULI*), for his contributions to plasma physics.

Mistral AI, the French Artificial Intelligence nugget, co-founded in February by two X2011s, Arthur Mensch and Guillaume Lample, and a graduate of École Normale Supérieure, Timothée Lacroix, has raised almost 500 million euros since itslauch, eight months ago, fueled by the craze surrounding AI sin…

Simulation of aerosol's propagation in an hospital room.The Covid-19 pandemic has put unprecedented pressure on hospitals in France and around the world. At the beginning of the first containment, in March 2020, a few dozen students from Ecole Polytechnique volunteered in the hospitals of the A…

Credit : Gregory NoctonA new kind of organometallic lanthanide molecule has demonstrated remarkable magnetic properties: the more it is isolated, the more it tends to behave like a magnet, which is the opposite of the classical magnetic properties. This research was conducted by a collaboration of …

When you return to campus on April 7, 2025, your four-year academic course will begin.Ecole Polytechnique's Ingénieur Polytechnicien program is a unique degree with 3 years studying on campus to get a Master of Engineering, Science and Technology, and a 4th year that can be done on anothe…

With 95% of graduates in employment less than six months after completing their MSc&T, the 2025 survey confirms the excellent professional integration of our students, most of whom work in industry, consulting and finance. The program's appeal lies in its international outlook, its wide range of ca…

Nearly 160 students in the Masters of Science and Technology (MSc&T) program began their studies at École Polytechnique on September 8th and 9th. They took part in a mandatory training course on environmental issues. This training is part of l’X's commitment to the energy and ecological transition.

The second « First Job survey » of the École polytechnique's Master of Science and Technology (MSc&T) graduates highlights the strong appeal of the program with companies and shows that a growing number of them are recruited before the end of their studies. Nearly two-…

The painting by Césarine Davin-Mirvault (1773-1844) was acquired via pre-emption at a sale at the Drouot auction house in Paris, with the support of the Fondation de l'École Polytechnique and Sabix. It depicts a young polytechnician, in École Polytechnique uniform, in front of Fort de Vincennes in …

Nanoelectrochemistry is a cutting-edge interdisciplinary field that combines nanotechnology and electrochemistry to manipulate and study electrochemical processes at the nanoscale. By using nanomaterials, such as nanoparticles and nanowires, researchers in the department can improve the efficiency …

Nanomaterials, including nanocrystals, are materials with structures or components on the nanometric scale, offering unique properties and applications. Nanocrystals, which are crystalline structures generally between 1 and 100 nanometers in size, exhibit quantum effects that differ from those of c…

Twenty-nine École Polytechnique alumni and graduates feature in the 2024 edition of the Choiseul ranking of business leaders under 40. Thirteen of them feature in the Top 100.