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Asymptotic analysis, homogenization ans effective models

We consider in this work phenomena described by the usual models (mostly Helmholtz, elasticity or Maxwell’s equations), the specificity is the presence of a thin layer, a thin coating, or oscillating coefficients, whose characteristic dimension is small compared to the wavelength, which could make …

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At center Materials for Society, the precious alloy of science for materials

The environment, mobility, energy, computing and communications all have one thing in common...materials. There are a multitude of them, with known or unsuspected properties, and their study is a science in its own right. At the Institut Polytechnique de Paris, this science is carried out by the M4…

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At the BIOC lab, 50 years of research in molecular and cellular biology

On January 1st, 1975, the BIOC, the biochemistry laboratory, was officially created on the site of the Ecole Polytechnique which had just moved to Palaiseau. This was the School’s first biology laboratory. “There was a desire to establish research and teaching in biology, more particularly in …

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At the limits of information systems

Michèle Wigger, professor at Télécom Paris, has been awarded an ERC Consolidator grant for her project on the fundamental limits of sensing systems (FLoSS). The calculation of these theoretical limits is at the heart of Michèle Wigger's work at the Information Processing and Communications Laborato…

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ATLAS

The ATLAS detector is one of the 5 experiments installed around the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN for the detection of the HIGGS boson. ATLAS detector is made of 4 layers: an internal detector, an electromagnetic calorimeter, a hadronic calorimeter and a muon detector. For the ATLAS …

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Atomic-scale and dynamic properties in oxide-ferroelectrics

Dr. Oana Condurache, Postdoctoral researcher at Centralesupélec, Université Paris-Saclay, FranceFerroelectrics are a major class of multifunctional materials characterized by a spontaneous electric polarization that can be reversibly switched by an external electric field. This distinctive pro…

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Attosecond physics: observing electrons with a magnifying glass

The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics honored experiments capable of producing extremely short flashes of light, of the order of a billionth of a billionth of a second. These attosecond flashes can now be used to "see" the movement of electrons. The Laboratoire d'optique appliquée (Applied Optics Laborat…

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BABEL

The project BABEL was a 2019 winner of the PREMATURATION call for projects, led by the Innovation Lab of IP Paris. THE PROBLEM ADDRESSEDReliable and scalable distributed storage systems should handle efficiently where the data should be stored to minimize both the costs and access latency. In addit…

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Bachelor of Science

The Bachelor of Science of École Polytechnique is an undergraduate program designed for students with a passion for mathematics and science.

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Baptiste Bourboulon appointed Director General of Services at IP Paris

Baptiste Bourboulon was appointed Director General of Services at Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris) on July 29,2024, by decree of the Minister of Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty, and the Minister of Armed forces, on the proposal of Thierry Coulhon, IP Paris' Chairma…

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Béatrice Cherrier dans l’émission spéciale “Prix Nobel d’économie 2025”

Cette semaine, Béatrice Cherrier, historienne de l’économie et directrice de recherche au CREST-CNRS (et à l’École polytechnique), a pris part à l’émission « Entendez-vous l’éco ? » pour commenter l’attribution du Prix Nobel d’économie 2025.Sujet abordé : Que dit ce Nobel de l’état de la recherche …