Successful Instrument Guidance Through Deep and Convulted Blood Vessel Networks

December 3, 2019

Latest breakthrough by Professor Sylvain Martel’s team at Polytechnique Montréal opens up new horizons for endovascular surgery.

Media invitation- To render homage to the women who lost their lives December 6, 1989, Polytechnique will award its fifth annual Order of the White Rose scholarship

November 28, 2019

December 6 Commemorative Events at Polytechnique Montréal: Virtual white roses help young women from underprivileged backgrounds get acquainted with science and engineering

November 27, 2019

Montréal – With the approach of December 6, a solemn day of remembrance of the fact that 30 years ago, anti-women attack occurred, Polytechnique Montréal invites the general public to participate in symbolic and meaningful events that will take place during the Week of the White Rose.

Researchers with IBM and Polytechnique Montréal “fold” a drop of water, solving a problem that has hindered development of portable diagnostic systems

October 9, 2019

Montréal – If you’ve ever stopped to watch rain falling on a windowpane, you’ve seen what happens when two drops of water touch and merge into one. But you probably never imagined that the physics at work in this phenomenon was the key to unlocking a solution for the development of miniaturized personal biological analysis devices. An international team of scientists from IBM Research – Zurich and the Microfluidics for Oncology Laboratory at Polytechnique Montréal made this remarkable discovery, and recently published the results of their work in Nature.

Polytechnique Montréal is the first university in Canada to earn Parity Certification

September 25, 2019

Montréal – Polytechnique Montréal is unequivocally committed to ensuring equal opportunities for all – and to increasing the proportion of women on its staff and in its student body. In this spirit, it has just become the very first university in Canada to be awarded Parity Certification by the Women in Governance organization. Certified organisations will be honoured during a gala held on Wedndesday, September 25th at the Palais des congrès.