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December 06 2016

Communication: High Level Forum innovates

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The 5th High Level Forum (HLF) was held in Grenoble this fall. The event was attended by representatives of the world’s main science and technology ecosystems, who came together to discuss the latest advances in innovation. For the first time ever, a report was published recapping the event. The magazine-style document is available on the […] >>

December 06 2016

Testing antibiotic efficacy in just one hour

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MIT used Leti’s suspended micro-resonators to develop a new microchip for fast drug testing. The chip measures cell culture growth by weighing the culture with accuracy to within a femtogram. The measurement provides an indication of the culture’s response to a drug such as an antibiotic. The results of the research were published in Nature […] >>

December 06 2016

DNA could bring new innovations to microelectronics

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Recent advances in research being conducted by Leti and INAC scientists under CEA project A3DN could help overcome one of the major technological hurdles facing microelectronics R&D. So, what does DNA have to do with microelectronics? DNA strings measure around a nanometer—as do the pattern geometries the researchers are working on. And DNA’s base-pairing capacities […] >>

December 05 2016

Planet Makers gets kids into robotics

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Planet Makers, a non-profit organization created this fall, has set up shop at Grenoble Institute of Technology’s Phelma engineering school, thanks to the support of the Fondation Grenoble INP. Planet Makers was founded by two self-proclaimed Phelma engineering geeks, Jérôme Martin and Andréa Battistella, who both share a passion for teaching. Their goal: to get […] >>

December 05 2016

Emmanuelle Gourieux, active in student life

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Emmanuelle Gourieux, a third-year student at Grenoble Institute of Technology’s Phelma engineering school, has been elected Student Vice President. She will represent her cohort to Grenoble Institute of Technology and sit on several commissions, including CSIE*, which she co-chairs and which provides financial support for student non-profit initiatives. Emmanuelle also represents her classmates to the […] >>
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