“La Nuit du Quantique”

Held every two years, the “Nights” are festive events open to all, taking place simultaneously in around twenty cities across France. Following the Night of Light in 2015, the Night of Gravitational Waves in 2017, the Night of Antimatter in 2019, the Night of Time in 2021 and 2022, and the Physics & Sport Night […]

Artificial Neurons Communicating Through Light: A Major Advance for Hardware-Based Artificial Intelligence

Current artificial intelligence performance relies heavily on energy-intensive computing architectures that are difficult to miniaturize. A team of researchers is now proposing a radically new approach: memristic artificial neurons capable of communicating with each other through light, paving the way for ultra-compact and highly efficient three-dimensional neural networks. In a recently published article in Nature […]

Let’s Talk About Gender Equality – Roundtable

Save the Date – The roundtable entitled “Gender Equality: Childhood, Education, Health, Justice… We Are All Concerned,” moderated by Pierre Ancet (Professor of Philosophy at UBE), will be held on Friday, January 23, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. in the Grand Amphitheater of Polytech Dijon. It will bring together seven guests from diverse backgrounds to explore […]

Victoire Lescure receives the EIPHI prize for the excellence of her Master’s & Doctoral studies

At the EUR-EIPHI Orientation Day, held on October 9, 2025, Victoire Lescure was awarded the EIPHI Prize for her exemplary academic career, from her Master’s degree in Materials Design and Development (CDM) to her doctorate. A former doctoral student at the ICB in Dijon, under a joint supervision agreement with the FEMTO-ST laboratory, Victoire defended […]

Mission Ariel: Towards a new era of data for the study of exoplanets and cool stars

Construction begins on the CALHIPSO building in Le Creusot