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Pascal Chabert, CNRS research director at the Plasma Physics Laboratory and Professor at École Polytechnique, has just been awarded a CNRS silver medal. It recognises his significant work in the field of plasma physics, with applications for microelectronics and space propulsion.

The Best Young Economist Award, created in 2000 by the French newspaper Le Monde and the Cercle des économistes, singles out the work of a French economist, or an economist working in France, under the age of 41. It acknowledges the academic excellence of the candidates, but also aims to highlight …

The start-up PayFit, co-founded by Florian Fournier (X2013), has announced that it has raised €254 million, valuing it at over $2 billion and making it the 23rd French unicorn.

A study on the mechanical properties of white blood cells has been carried out in collaboration between the Hydrodynamics Laboratory at École Polytechnique and the Institute of Physical Chemistry at Université Paris-Saclay. It makes the cover of the latest issus of Biophysical Journal.

The final of Institut Polytechnique de Paris' Ma Thèse en 180 secondes competition took place on Wednesday April 2 at École Polytechnique. Amélie Kies, doctoral student at the Applied Optics Laboratory (LOA*), Laure Corazza, doctoral student at the Dynamic Meteorology Laboratory (LMD*), Maxime Vigo…

François Levin has just been awarded the Prix Michel Serres de thèse interdisciplinaire 2025 for his doctorate at l’X Interdisciplinary Laboratory (LINX*). His thesis is entitled “L'intelligence artificielle au défi de ses critiques philosophiques”.

The goal of the QCMX Lab is to explore the quantum properties of electronic circuits and matter. Its strategy consists in coupling superconducting circuits normally used to process quantum information to materials in order to probe their quantum properties and discover new electronic states of matt…

The Physics Department of Ecole Polytechnique includes both Teaching and Research. On the one hand, it takes in charge many teaching duties, both for the élèves de l'Ecole Polytechnique, and for the students of the Master Programs. On the other hand, it federates ten laboratories, covering a rich s…

Physics laboratories at Ecole PolytechniqueThe department federates ten laboratories:Theoretical Physics Center (CPHT)Applied Optics Laboratory (LOA)Optics and Biosciences (LOB)Intense Lasers Laboratory (LULI) Leprince-Ringuet Laboratory for Particle physics and Astrophysics (LLR) Plasma …

After the success of Ilog, created in 1987 under the aegis of INRIA and then bought by IBM, Pierre Haren (X73) co-founded Causality Link, a start-up that uses AI and machine learning to better understand the causal links between various economic indicators and market events. Pierre Haren, a start-u…

Pilar Acosta is a professor in the Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Department at École Polytechnique. Her research focuses on Corporate Social Responsibility and their practices in the context of sustainable development.

Incubated at École Polytechnique, Peekcell, co-founded by Gwendoline Tallec (X2013), is a Medtech company developing a urine test for the early detection of breast and gynecological cancers. Peekcell is part of Bpifrance's La French Care community, which brings together French healthcare players ar…

Through its biomedical research, the École is advancing the fight against breast cancer by analysing tumour formation mechanisms. This momentum is reinforced by initiatives such as sponsored chairs, which bring together researchers, students from École Polytechnique and industrial partners to promo…

Plasana Medical, founded in 2022 by Yves Matton, an entrepreneur in the Technofounders startup studio, and co-founded by Antoine Rousseau, Director of Research at the Plasma Physics Laboratory (LPP*) at École polytechnique, has won recognition for its innovative cold plasma technology. This innovat…

The development of medical imaging techniques during the 20th century has greatly improved diagnosis, treatment and patient care. New techniques continue to emerge, such as Mueller polarimetric imaging. This technique exploits the polarisation of light, a property that is highly relevant for determ…