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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp6egT_v5lwÉcole Polytechnique is a founding member of the U7+ Alliance, which has been launched under the patronage of France’s President Emmanuel Macron at Sciences Po during the run-up to the G7 summit in 2019. A unique international alliance of university p…

The annual summit of the International Alliance of university presidents U7+ focused this year on "The Role of Universities in Advancing Artificial Intelligence". Invited as a panelist in the opening session, Laura Chaubard, President of École Polytechnique, was among the 37 university leaders who …

According to a 2023 study, published yesterday in Communications Earth & Environment , global aviation carbon dioxide emissions increased by 1% in 2023 because planes had to fly longer routes to avoid Russian airspace.After Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, western airlines were banned f…

Xenon plasma, gas mixture consisting of electrons, ions and atoms, is of real interest for space propulsion. By ejecting gas at a speed ten times higher than a conventional chemical thruster, plasma thrusters require ten times less fuel. Nevertheless, although plasma thrusters are already operation…

Their dimensions and distances make most astrophysical phenomena inaccessible to experimentation. To better understand them, researchers use laboratory astrophysics, that is to say, they reproduce on a small scale the conditions in which different phenomena are formed or evolve. This month, the pre…

École Polytechnique signs a new mobility agreement with the prestigious University of Chicago, enabling undergraduate students of both institutions to enroll in an exchange semester at the respective partner university.

Participants during the U7+ Summit on October 25, 2021The annual summit of the Alliance U7+ occurred in a virtual format on October 25, 2021, prior to the 26th Conference of the Parties, which took place from October, 31st to November, 13th.The members of the U7+ Alliance of World Universities emph…

The Presidential Summit of the international alliance U7+, in which École Polytechnique is a founding member, took place at Bocconi University in Italy from April 11 to 12, 2024. Laura Chaubard, Director General and Acting President of École Polytechnique, attended the conference, which brought tog…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn_weDO1h6AStemming from a partnership initiated in 2019 with Google Arts & Culture, which specializes in virtual visits of museums and the visualization of works in high definition, in March 2021, École Polytechnique unveils seven exhibitions from the reserves o…

Figure extracted from the publication: (a) Relaxation of the precession motion of a magnetic dipole (i.e. a magnet), (b) nutation motion superimposed on the precession.An incomplete modelWhen a magnetic field is applied to a magnetic dipole (a compass for example), the axis of the dipole starts to …

Long a boring cash-cow for a pharmaceutical industry in search of highly profitable blockbusters, vaccines experienced a spectacular return to favour with the Covid-19 pandemic. The speed of development of VOC-2 SARS vaccines has been astonishing, with the first products becoming available less tha…

Valeo and École polytechnique engineering school announce they have renewed their research and innovation partnership for two years, with the aim of supporting innovative projects in the field of new low-carbon mobility. These projects will be eligible to take part in the X-CORP program for busines…

Christophe Josserand, CNRS researcher and professor at École Polytechnique, and Qiang Du, Fu Foundation Professor of Applied Mathematics at Columbia University, spent three months as visiting professors at the respective other institution in the United States and France. As they crossed paths at Éc…

Synthetic electrofuels represent a promising avenue in sustainable energy technology. These synthetic fuels are produced by using renewable electricity to convert carbon dioxide and water into energy carriers such as hydrogen or methane. Solar fuels, which specifically use solar energy for the conv…

A dedicated Welcome Desk for international students and scientists (BasiX) provides support and assistance to international students and scientists who join École Polytechnique. The BasiX department offers help with formalities linked to the arrival in France (residence permit, medical insurance, o…