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Using virtual reality to boost skills in Olympic boxers

Franck Multon, Professor at Université de Rennes2 at Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires (IRISA), Alan Wagner, Assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and research associate in the Rock Ethics Institute

Harnessing the potential of AI for housing renovation

Pedro Gomes Lopes, PhD student at Centre de Recherche en Gestion (i3-CRG*) at École Polytechnique (IP Paris)

Bio-based materials improve the comfort and carbon footprint of buildings

Thibaut Lecompte, Lecturer at Université Bretagne-Sud, Vincent Picandet , Lecturer at Université Bretagne-Sud

Turquoise hydrogen takes a step towards the next level

Laurent Fulcheri, Research director at PERSEE, MINES-ParisTech

How to decarbonise commercial ports

Gaëlle Gueguen Hallouët, Professor of public law at the University of Western Brittany (Brest)

Why energy retrofitting hasn’t taken off

Andreas Rüdinger, Research Associate in Energy Transition at IDDRI

Green swans: a tipping point for global finance

Luiz Awazu Pereira Da Silva, Deputy General Manager of Bank of International Settlements

The mystery behind earthquakes happening in unexpected regions

Eric Calais, Professor at Ecole Normale Supérieure (Paris), specialist in seismically active regions of the globe, Jean-François Ritz, CNRS Research Director at Laboratoire Géosciences Montpellier

Science says we could “cure” ageing. But should we?

Andrew Steele, PhD in physics from the University of Oxford, Science Writer and Columnist at Polytechnique Insights

The placenta: a legacy inherited from ancient viruses

Tania Louis, PhD in biology and Columnist at Polytechnique Insights