News : Innovation & Society

The latest Reuters Top 25 Global Innovators – Government list placed the CEA first among the world’s most innovative research institutions, ahead of the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany and JST in Japan. The list is based on ten rock-solid indicators, which include the number of patent applications filed, the percentage of patents granted, global reach, […] >>

Grenoble-based startup Diabeloop is currently testing the second version of its smart artificial pancreas on 45 insulin-dependent diabetics. The system is unlike anything currently available on the market, and includes a blood glucose sensor, an insulin pump, and a smartphone installed with a Leti algorithm and patient interface. The patient interface manages the link between […] >>

Maxime Legallais, a Ph.D. candidate at LMGP-IMEP/LTM, won the Fondation Nanosciences NanoArt 2015 Award for his photo of a silicon nanowire symbolizing the red ribbon of AIDS awareness. More than 3,000 online visitors voted Maxime’s image the best of 2015. Maxime’s research focuses on the electrical properties of nanonets made from randomly-oriented silicon nanowires. His […] >>

On May 30, international learned society IEE EDS will hold a free, open-access colloquium at the Phelma auditorium. The organization will have its biannual board meeting on May 28 and 29, also in Grenoble. The mini-colloquium, which runs from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., will feature academic research scientists and industrial R&D professionals working in […] >>

The Grenoble-Alpes University Medical Center and regulatory authorities have granted Dr. Alim-Louis Benabid approval to begin the clinical research protocol “Brain-Computer Interface and Tetraplegia” at Clinatec. The research aims to demonstrate the feasibility of a patient suffering from tetraplegia due to spinal cord injury to control an exoskeleton’s movements over several degrees via an implant […] >>