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Entrepreneurship, Innovation
23.03.26
Portraits of Female Entrepreneurs: Marie Feroux – Structuring Energy Projects to Better Manage Their Impacts
When Marie Feroux founded Osborne Systems last July, she and her partners developed a platform that enables manufacturers to design their oil and gas flow measurement systems with greater precision by automating processes that are still largely manual today. Their ambition is to extend these capabilities to new applications, such as monitoring CO₂ emissions. This ambitious project reflects the spirit of this dynamic entrepreneur, who has been receiving support from École Polytechnique’s X-UP incubator since last October.
Diversity & Success
20.03.26
RocketriX Challenge: 400 secondary school pupils set out to conquer space
On 13 and 14 March, 400 secondary school pupils set their sights on the stars at the École Polytechnique campus as part of the RocketriX challenge, organised by the school's Equal Opportunities Unit and the AstronautiX student society.
Research
18.03.26
Doctoral students from École Polytechnique stand out in the MT 180 competition
Margherita Castellano (CMAP*), Magali Korolev (CPHT*), and Kate Sorg (LOB*). Three doctoral students from laboratories affiliated with École Polytechnique were honored during the “Ma thèse en 180 secondes” local competition at Institut Polytechnique de Paris.
Education
16.03.26
Three MSc&T programs at École Polytechnique awarded in the 2026 Eduniversal rankings
The MSc&T « Visual and Creative Artificial Intelligence » ranks first in its category, the MSc&T « Energy and Environment: Science, Technology & Management » ranks second in its category, and the MSc&T « Internet of Things: Innovation and Management » ranks third in the Innovation Management category. École Polytechnique’s MSc&T program thus reaffirms its success and its ability to meet the expectations of students and their future employers in key fields of the future.
Research
13.03.26
Physicists Adrien Fiorucci and Marios Petropoulos on France Culture
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.
Research
12.03.26
First observation of unusual DNA structures in archaea
A team from the Optics and Biosciences Laboratory (LOB*) has identified structures called G-quadruplexes in the genome of archaea, single-celled organisms. This discovery opens up new perspectives on the study of the role of these structures and the evolution of life.
Education
10.03.26
École Polytechnique’s team has qualified for the 2026 International Physics Tournament (IPT)
École Polytechnique’s team won the 13th French Physics Tournament. As a result, they have qualified for the International Tournament, which will be hosted in May by Oklahoma State University in the United States.
Entrepreneurship, Innovation
10.03.26
Ami Labs, led by Alexandre Lebrun (X94), set to overhaul AI, raises $1 billion
The start-up Ami Labs (Advanced Machine Intelligence), founded by French researcher Yann LeCun (former Chief Scientist at Meta and winner of the 2018 Turing Award), became a unicorn as soon as it was created. It will be led by Alexandre Lebrun (X1994) and co-founder of the medical AI start-up Nabla. Ami Labs'goal is to develop the next generation of artificial intelligence capable of understanding the world around us: ʻworld modelsʼ.
Entrepreneurship, Innovation
06.03.26
Portraits of Female Entrepreneurs – Roxana Rotaru: Using AI to Combat Insurance Fraud
In early 2025, Roxana Rotaru teamed up with her business partner to launch Hedi, a start-up specialising in next-generation insurance fraud detection. With the backing of X-Up, the incubator at École Polytechnique, she was able to transform an idea that had occurred to her during a fondue dinner with friends into a reality. Read on to discover her journey, from her native Romania to her formative experiences at Veolia and SNCF, and her passions.
Research
05.03.26
Olivier Blazy appointed Scientific Director of CIEDS
Olivier Blazy, professor at École Polytechnique, is the new s cientific director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Defense and Security (CIEDS). He...
Chairs, Corporate relations, Research
Facile
05.03.26
From sustainable mobility to environmental health: interdisciplinarity at work in the Sustainable Development Chair
Since 2003, the École Polytechnique's Sustainable Development Chair has been supporting large-scale teaching programmes and interdisciplinary research projects aimed at shedding light on major environmental, economic and societal changes. Now led by Benoît Schmutz-Bloch, it supports several École Polytechnique teams working on a variety of topics, ranging from mobility and energy to environmental health, climate science and materials science.
International, Research
04.03.26
Collaboration investigates collective effects of electrons
Internationally renowned physicist Eberhard Gross has joined Lucia Reining's team at the Irradiated Solids Laboratory (LSI*) as Gaspard Monge Visiting Professor. Together, they are working on theoretical methods for efficiently calculating the quantum properties of materials. Supported by the Fondation de l’École polytechnique as part as the “Servir la science” fundraising campaign, the Gaspard Monge Visiting Professor Program enables the institution to host leading international researchers and foster high-level research collaboration with École Polytechnique’s researchers and laboratories.