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In early 2024, Charles Baroud, professor and researcher at the Hydrodynamics Laboratory (LadHyX*), was awarded an ERC Advanced Grants for his Melcart project. Acronym for Mechanical Characterization and Stimulation of Microtissues, this research project aims to develop technologies and knowledge ar…

Wolfram SchlenkerProfessor, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and The Earth InstituteCo-director, Center for Environmental Economics and Policy (ceep.columbia.edu)Co-director, Energy & Environment Concentration at SIPAYou have studied the effect of weather and climate on agricul…

 Mariam Ezzedine (on the right) and Fatme Jardali (on the left), co-founders of HiperssysHow did the idea of Hiperssys come about?This entrepreneurial project started while I was working on my doctoral thesis in the Laboratoire of Physics of Interfaces and Thin Films (LPICM* - NanoMa…

Networks, whether economic or financial, raise complex data processing and organization problems and generate new questions regarding how individuals behave in their network. These questions are tackled scientists from different disciplines. To address these issues, the Economics Department and the…

Smilei is an open-source code for plasma simulation, the result of a collaboration between physicists and high-performance computing experts. It can simulate relativistic interactions between lasers and plasma or astrophysical phenomena. The workshop from 9 to 11 March explored this vast field of a…

Several of the start-ups developing innovative nuclear reactors supported by the French government as part of the France 2030 Plan were co-founded or are supported by X alumni.

Students from École Polytechnique, the Institut Polytechnique de Paris, as well as from the ESPCI-PSL and the EPITA, put forward proposals as part of the consultations organized by the French government for upcoming French 2030 Recovery Plan, which President Emmanuel Macron set out on October 12.

The 2021 edition of the X Cup brought together 2,365 athletes from 19 engineering and business schools in the Paris region, where each participant defended his or her colors in the 18 disciplines offered in 24 men's and women's sports events. Organized by the Ecole Polytechnique Sports Asso…

Workshops, conferences, interviews and networking sessions have taken place online during these two days dedicated to meetings between students and employers. Organized for all École Polytechnique and Institut Polytechnique de Paris students, this professional meeting has given them the opportunity…

On October 2nd and 3rd, the X-Forum, brought together nearly 2,000 students, including 1,000 polytechnicians, and over 150 international companies, Schools and universities on the campus.

March 11, 2021 will mark the 10th anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear accident, which occurred as a result of a tsunami following an earthquake on the same day. This is the second nuclear power plant disaster in history, rated at level 7, the highest on the International Nuclear Event Scale (INES)…

The French Minister for Industry, Roland Lescure, brought together the heads of the 50 industrial sites with the highest greenhouse gas emissions. They detailer their strategy for reducing their emissions by nearly 50% by 2030.

Organized by the student association X’Srael, this year’s Tech Trip invited École Polytechnique’s students to discover Israel’s dynamic start-up scene and the region’s rich culture. Forty-two students participated in the journey, setting off to Israel from February 20 to 27, 2022. …

XCubeSat is a nano-satellite developed in the framework of the international QB50 project led by the Belgian Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics. The nano-satellite is equipped with the FIPEX instrument (phi - Probe - Experiment, developed by the University of Dresde) which measures th…

In order to support decision-makers, experts and private individuals facing the new challenges raised by the Covid-19 pandemic and the measures to combat it, L’X Executive Education (X-EXED) has adapted its programs, developed new offerings and launched webinars to meet the expectations of it…