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How can we design insurance mechanisms for crop losses due to climatic hazards that can benefit small farmers? Such is the question studied by economists from the Centre for Research in Economics and Statistics (CREST*) Alexis Louaas and…

As part of their new agreement, École Polytechnique and the Brockmann Foundation will offer an annual scholarship for Mexican students who are living in Mexico. Established in 1992, the Brockmann Foundation is committed to providing…

Population challenges represent a political issue all over the world. In Asia and Europe, the average number of children per woman is less than two and continues to fall, creating pressure on pension systems, among other things. In…

At the crossroads between physics, chemistry and mechanics, adhesion was the focus of the annual symposium of the "Design and modeling of innovative materials" Chair organized on November 30th and entitled "Adhesion: Experiments, theory…

The "Generative Modelling for Financial Losses" challenge was attended by nearly 300 students from masters' degrees specialising in finance and data science from 15 countries around the world and 66 leading schools and universities. It…

Jean Dalibard is a physicist, researcher at the Kastler Brossel laboratory of the École normale supérieure, professor at the Collège de France and member of the Académie des sciences. He was also a professor at École polytechnique where…

With their low-cost and public technologies, small satellites were at the heart of the discussions from 24 to 26 of November at the 12th European Cubesat Symposium. True to the 'Newspace' movement, which seeks to make space exploration…

Reflecting the Alliance’s aim to empower society, this year’s High-level Event focused on the benefits of technology for the community but also addressed its limitations. Thus, the question “Technology for society – are we getting it…

The development of medical imaging techniques during the 20th century has greatly improved diagnosis, treatment and patient care. New techniques continue to emerge, such as Mueller polarimetric imaging. This technique exploits the…

Physicist at the Laboratory of Condensed Matter for Physics, Marcel Filoche has received the Mme Claude Berthault prize by the Académie des sciences. This prize has been awarded in particular for his work as a theorist on wave…