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[REFLEXIONS] Breaking down the barriers to energy sustainability

The necessary decarbonisation of the energy sector raises many challenges related to resources, conflicts of resources use and the environment. These issues will be at the heart of the round table on energy sustainability to be held during the Reflexions symposium, which is organised on February 5t…

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[REFLEXIONS] Climate change: from awareness to governance

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), …

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[REFLEXIONS] Green finance, the driving force behind the transition?

Recent years have seen the popularization of the carbon footprint concept. Applied at different scales and in different contexts, it indicates the negative contribution of an actor or project to global warming. This concept can also be applied to savings, whose impact, although indirect, is equally…

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[REFLEXIONS] The challenges of decarbonizing the global economy

According to the latest IPCC report, greenhouse gas emissions between 2010 and 2019 represent 80% of the "carbon budget" that humanity still has left before exceeding the 1.5°C target set by the Paris Agreement. In order to preserve this budget, we need to transform the global economy and change c…

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[REFLEXIONS] The transition to low-carbon societies

The fight against global warming is a crucial challenge that requires us to make the transition to carbon neutrality by the end of the century at the latest. To achieve this balance between anthropogenic emissions and absorptions of greenhouse gases, we need to fundamentally transform our productio…

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[Video] A look back at the first IP Paris Cybersecurity and Defense Conference

On October 21, 2025, the Institut Polytechnique de Paris hosted the first edition of its Cybersecurity and Defense Conference. Two hundred scientists, institutional representatives, industry professionals, and students came to listen to and discuss this sensitive topic with experts at the forefront…

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A better understanding of cell mechanical property measures

A team from the Hydrodynamics Laboratory (LadHyX*) of École Polytechnique has published an article in Biophysical Journal describing measurements of the mechanical properties of cells. An image of their experiment is featured on the cover. Here is what it looks like.Learn more on École polytechniqu…

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A day of Francophonie at IP Paris

On March 19, 2024, IP Paris' International Center for French Language and Culture organized an International Francophonie Day at École Polytechnique. This was an opportunity for international students to discover a special guest, French-Algerian writer Kamel Daoud, participate in workshops and pres…

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A gene mutated in tumors allows cells to " gear up " and spread

A gene known to be mutated in gynecological tumors has been identified as a major regulator of cell migration persistence. The product of this gene enables the cell to repeat an elementary migration step. This study, published in Nature Communications, uncovers a previously unknown alternative migr…

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A look back at INNOV'NIGHT IP Paris 2024

For the second edition of INNOV'NIGHT, Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris) brought together over a hundred students from its member schools as well as partner schools. The challenge that awaited them throughout the night was to immerse themselves in the world of entrepreneurship and develop …

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A look back at INNOV'NIGHT IP Paris 2025

For its third edition, INNOV’NIGHT, the hackathon dedicated to innovation at Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris), brought together over 130 students from across its member schools.

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A look back at IP Paris Entrepreneurship Night 2023

The first Entrepreneurship Night organized by Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris) welcomed around 100 students from IP Paris’ schools and other partner schools. During an entire night, their mission was to step into the shoes of an entrepreneur and propose, as a team, an innovative technolog…