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In an article published in the journal Nature Communication, scientists have made a surprising suggestion that gene transfer from bacteria to eukaryotes occurs. This discovery is based on the study of thymidylate synthase, an enzyme required for de novo DNA synthesis. These observations have provided new insight into the evolution of DNA by suggesting that the metabolic capacity of present-day eukaryotes to synthesise DNA may also have originated in bacteria and not only in archaea as previously thought.

This year, SPRING 50-2023-Paris Saclay Spring will take place on June 1st, 2023 at HEC Paris. The event is a platform that aims to showcase innovative startups and provide invaluable opportunities for entrepreneurs to present their groundbreaking ideas. IP Paris will present 17 startups as well as its interdisciplinary centers in the sectors of Health, AI and Data, Defense and Security.

Institut Polytechnique de Paris launches its podcast. On POLYGRAM, we listen to stories of science and technology to discuss the discoveries and societal challenges of today and tomorrow (in English and French).

In response to a climate emergency that has been scientifically documented for decades, a new form of global governance has been initiated under the leadership of the United Nations. Warned by the successive reports of the scientific experts of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), the governments that have signed the Paris Agreement are committed to carbon neutrality. But will the reduction rate of their greenhouse gas emissions be up to one of the major challenges of the 21st century?

Pauline Rossi and Pierre Boyer, researchers at the Centre for Research in Economics and Statistics at Institut Polytechnique de Paris, are nominees of the Best Young Economist Award 2023, organised by the newspaper "Le Monde" and the Cercle des économistes. The prize recognises the work of economists under 41 years of age and their contribution to public debate.

Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris) will be present at the 7th edition of Viva Technology (Paris Expo Porte de Versailles), from June 14 to 17, 2023 at the stand C42. IP Paris will present 21 start-ups and invites you to discover their innovations in various sectors. On Thursday, June 15, 2023, IP Paris will host the "IP Paris Startup Pitch" workshop at 3:00 pm in Hall 1 at Viva Technology.

Founded by École Polytechnique, ENSTA Paris, Télécom Paris, Mines ParisTech, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2012, the SJTU-Paris Elite Institute of Technology (SPEIT) offers students a unique engineering program that combines pedagogical methods from France and China. On April 24, 2023, the presidents of the five founding institutions came together in Shanghai to celebrate SPEIT’s 10th anniversary. In addition, Institut Polytechnique de Paris and Shanghai Jiao Tong University signed an additional Memorandum of Understanding to extend the collaboration.

Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris) is organizing the second international conference REFLEXIONS, whose ambition is to become a reference academic and scientific forum, contributing to the understanding and resolution of issues related to climate change and more broadly to the sustainable transition. The 2023 edition will focus on regulation to fight climate change.

Brownian motion is associated with the idea of constant motion of particles on a liquid surface. However, a team involving researchers from the Hydrodynamics Laboratory (LadHyX*) has shown that in the presence of a cylindrical obstacle, an undisturbed zone is formed into which Brownian motion can send the particle. It is then temporarily trapped. This work is published in the journal Science Advances.

Join a new conference of the "2ID" series organized by the Interdisciplinary Center for Defense and Security Studies (CIEDS) of Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris). The Gendarmerie Officer Rémy Nollet will speak on March 23, 2023 from 6:00 to 7:00 pm at the Drahi’X Novation center amphitheatre of École Polytechnique.

The buzz around ChatGPT raised interest on recent advances in natural language processing based on pre-trained artificial intelligence models and on the principle of transfer learning. Michalis Vazirgiannis and Moussa Kamal Eddine are specialists of this field in the Data Science and Mining group at the Computer Science Laboratory of the Ecole Polytechnique. They explain how ChatGPT work, the latest developments and the issues at stake.

The IP Paris Entrepreneurship Night will begin on Thursday, May 11 and will end on Friday, May 12, 2023 on the campus of Institut Polytechnique de Paris, at Télécom Paris.