The LiquiTem startup, led by Christophe Gissinger and Marlone Vernet of the Non-linear physics team at the Laboratoire de Physique de l’ENS (LPENS), has been awarded the ENS Innovation Prize – DeepTech founders during the 2025 ENS Innovation Club.
This prize rewards emerging projects with high scientific and technological potential. LiquiTem is developing a new liquid technology for passive and self-powered CPU cooling, based on magneto-hydrodynamic conversion phenomena recently discovered at LPENS.
This approach promises more compact, energy-efficient, and maintenance-free cooling solutions — an increasingly critical challenge as processor power densities and data-center energy demands continue to rise.
The prize also entitles the start-up to enrol in the Deeptech Founders programme, which provides a framework for accelerating its development strategy.
This prize rewards emerging projects with high scientific and technological potential. LiquiTem is developing a new liquid technology for passive and self-powered CPU cooling, based on magneto-hydrodynamic conversion phenomena recently discovered at LPENS.
This approach promises more compact, energy-efficient, and maintenance-free cooling solutions — an increasingly critical challenge as processor power densities and data-center energy demands continue to rise.
The prize also entitles the start-up to enrol in the Deeptech Founders programme, which provides a framework for accelerating its development strategy.
Christophe Gissinger receiving the 2025 ENS Innovation Prize
More:
– Article on Linkedin (in french)
– ENS innovation Prize (in french)
Author affiliation:
Laboratoire de physique de L’École normale supérieure (LPENS, ENS Paris/CNRS/Sorbonne Université/Université de Paris)
Corresponding author: Christophe Gissinger
Communication contact: Communication team