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The two researchers from the Center for Theoretical Physics (CPHT*) were interviewed on France Culture’s “La Science au Labo” series for their work on extending the holographic principle, which could lead to a theory of quantum gravity.

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…

About 15 Bachelor's students got together under the guidance of Guillaume Dubach, Monge professor at École Polytechnique and member of the Laurent Schwartz Mathematics Center (CMLS), for two weeks of intro to math research in a summery, relaxed setting. This initiative was supported by École Polyte…

In the renowned International Collegiate Programming Contest, a team of students from École Polytechnique won a gold medal at the regional stage, followed by a bronze medal at the European event. The team has now qualified for the international final, to be held from August 31 to September 5, 2025.

Launched in 2020, Polytechnique Ventures is the venture capital fund financed by École Polytechniqu’s alumni and dedicated to the School’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. With nine investments already made, it aims to build a portfolio of 15 to 20 investments in the deep tech field within two years.

Polytechnique Ventures, the seed fund created and funded by X alumni, has made its third investment less than three months after its official launch. The fund, which has raised €20 million to date, completes the innovation and entrepreneurship support system developed by X to enhance its scien…

Jimmy Energy, co-founded by Antoine Guyot (X2013) and Mathilde Grivet (HEC 2014), designs and operates mini-nuclear reactors supplying heat to industrial sites, without greenhouse gas emissions. It has raised €2.2 million in seed funding. It’s the fourth investment of Polytechnique Ventures, the se…

École Polytechnique and the University of California, Berkeley signed a Memorandum of Understanding to reinforce their international cooperation. The Polytechnique-Berkeley Research Fellowship program is one of the academic and scientific initiatives the two institutions plan to develop further. It…