Science Day at Ecole Polytechnique

Every year, Ecole Polytechnique participates in this national event. It is also celebrating this year its 225 years of existence.

It has opened its doors to the general public to give it the opportunity to meet researchers, doctoral students, students and students. About twenty stands, each was able to exchange with them on their work and scientific advances in the fields of astronomy, biology, chemistry, mathematics, meteorology, microscopy, physics, energy, ecology …

A laboratory director impressed visitors with a revolutionary and particularly ingenious sundial: a digital 3D printing sundial!

Researchers and professors talked about scientific news and presented important concepts at conferences.
Gérard Mourou, Nobel Prize in Physics 2018 presented his research on lasers.

It has been learned that chemists tackle major environmental issues such as the scarcity of strategic resources and the recovery of polluting waste.

Daniel Suchet has « done science with Starwars ». What is the Force? What about the lightsaber? Science fiction to illustrate the scientific process.
Tahar Amari made us discover « the weather of space ». The activity of the sun, mainly solar flares, influences the climate. Thus, the reign of Louis XIV, the Sun King, was especially cold because of a deficit in sunspots. It was Louis XIV who created the Paris Observatory, paving the way for reliable observations.
Global warming is not just due to human activity. It contributes, however, to a large extent.

Finally, visits to laboratories – the X research center has 23, in partnership with the CNRS – have made it possible to discover the world of the researcher. The LPICM, Laboratory of Interfaces and Thin Film Physics, equipped with impressive repository reactors, manufactures especially new generation electronic components for the conversion and storage of solar energy – useful for photovoltaic sensors – as well as for biomedical imaging. The Gustave Roussy hospital has been able to develop a device that detects cancer of the uterus.

The Science Fair 2019 took place from October 5th to 13th in France.

It will take place from 9 to 17 November overseas and internationally.

Thousands of free events open to everyone!
Created in 1991, the Fête de la Science is organized every year by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation to enable everyone to discover the world of science and meet the women and men who do the science of today.

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