News : Innovation & Society
December 06 2021
Peptides could inhibit SARS-CoV-2 replication
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Irig is one of eleven research teams in five countries that have been working on how to inhibit SARS-CoV-2 replication since April 2020. They are investigating synthetic peptides that bind to MPro, which plays a key role in the replication of this virus. The researchers combined several biomolecular simulation techniques to observe, at the scale […] >>
December 06 2021
Smart window glazing for more energy-efficient buildings
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What if window glass could control how much sunlight gets into a building? The three-year M-Eranet Instead project was set up to investigate the potential of this type of solution to reduce the need for air conditioning, with potential energy savings estimated at 30%. The four project partners*, which include coordinator LMGP, will develop new […] >>
December 06 2021
Advance in biomaterials marks a step toward personalized medical implants
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The EU H2020 PANBioRA project, which will be completed at the end of 2021, is making advances that will one day help doctors optimize the biomaterials used to make medical implants on a patient-by-patient basis. CEA-Leti is part of the seventeen-partner consortium that designed an instrumented microfluidic chip that tests several potential biomaterials on a […] >>
December 06 2021
Material criticality comes into its own as a research topic
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For the past three years, four Grenoble laboratories have been working together, using methods from materials science and economics to find alternatives to the critical materials in white LEDs.Their work, funded by the UGA Idex grant, marks a departure from conventional technology research. Scientists’ interest in the scarcity and criticality of certain materials is not […] >>
October 03 2021
Startup Direct Analysis racking up the milestones
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Direct Analysis, the 70th startup from CEA-Leti, has stayed under the radar since it was founded at the beginning of the year.The company has won an i-Lab award, completed twelve demos of its food testing solution, and secured preliminary regulatory approvals. Direct Analysis could open its own plant near Grenoble as early as 2022. Direct […] >>