Polytechnique insights A REVIEW BY INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE PARIS
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A brain is displayed in a glass case. The brain is surrounded by water and he is glowing. Concept of wonder and fascination with the complexity of the human brain
π Neuroscience π Society

IQ: can intelligence really be measured?

Jacques Grégoire, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Louvain
On May 22nd, 2024
5 min reading time
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π Space

How can we detect life on distant planets?

Julien de Wit, Associate Professor of Planetary Sciences at MIT , Amaury Triaud , Professor of Exoplanetology at University of Birmingham
On May 21st, 2024
3 min reading time
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π Society π Science and technology

Are we moving towards global regulation of AI?

Henri Verdier, Ambassador for the Digital Sector and founding member of the Cap Digital competitiveness cluster
On May 14th, 2024
5 min reading time
A hydrogen pipeline. Generative AI.
π Energy π Planet

Hydrogen and ammonia: the risk of climate-damaging leaks

Didier Hauglustaine, Physicist and CNRS Research Director, Fabien Paulot, Atmospheric Chemistry Researcher at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory in Princeton
On May 14th, 2024
4 min reading time
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π Geopolitics π Economics

The BRICS+: economic alliance or future private club of raw materials?

Emmanuel Hache, Assistant and Economist-Prospector at IFP Énergies nouvelles and Research Director at IRIS, Candice Roche, Research Fellow in Geopolitics of Metals and Ecological Transition at IFPEN
On May 14th, 2024
7 min reading time
Man Wearing Brainwave Scanning Headset Sits in a Chair while Scientist with Tablet Computer Supervises Process. In the Modern Brain Study Laboratory Monitors Show EEG Reading and Brain Model.
π Health and biotech π Society

“Sport brings as much to science as science brings to sport”

Vincent Nougier, Professor at Grenoble Alpes University and former Head of the CNRS Sport & Activité Physique research group
On April 30th, 2024
5 min reading time
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π Science and technology

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023: what's in it for industry?

Thierry Gacoin, Professor of Materials Science in the Physics and Chemistry Departments of École Polytechnique (IP Paris)
On April 30th, 2024
4 min reading time
Dizziness a term used to describe a range of sensations, such as feeling faint, woozy, weak or unsteady. that creates the false sense that you or your surroundings are spinning or moving
π Science and technology π Society π Neuroscience

Myths and facts about hypersensitivity

Jimmy Bordarie, Lecturer in Social Psychology at Université de Tours, Colette Aguerre, Lecturer in Clinical Psychopathology at Université Tours
On April 30th, 2024
4 min reading time
Hockey players huddling while crouching on floor in health club
π Health and biotech

Understanding collective emotions to optimise sports performance

Mickaël Campo, Lecturer at the Faculty of Sports Sciences (Université de Bourgogne) and President of the French Society of Sports Psychology (SFPS)
On April 23rd, 2024
4 min reading time
Planets of the solar system against the background of a spiral galaxy in space.
π Space π Science and technology

The largest digital camera ever built will shed new light on the universe

Johan Bregeon, Research Fellow in Observational Cosmology at Grenoble Laboratory of Subatomic Physics and Cosmology
On April 23rd, 2024
4 min reading time