News : Innovation & Society

On January 23, CEA-Grenoble will hold the third annual “You Too Can Be a Scientist!” day to introduce high school juniors and seniors to careers in science. The event, part of a nationwide program, will include three-minute one-on-one elevator pitches by fifteen research professionals (engineers, scientists, technicians, and Ph.D. students). During these pitches—which were highly […] >>

Fluoptics raised €2 million from business angels in September, which it will use to market its Fluobeam® system for several clinical applications in the United States, Asia, and Europe. The Fluobeam® fluorescence imaging system already has the CE marking for medical devices and should get FDA approval in early 2014; approval is pending in several […] >>

Pascal Febvre, a researcher at IMEP-LAHC and the University of Savoie, has outlined a superconductivity roadmap for digital SQUIDs, or superconducting quantum interference devices. His roadmap was published in Superconductor Science and Technology and focuses on two applications: detecting solar bursts—which are highly disruptive to space communications—and earthquakes. Pascal’s research team at the University of […] >>

The anechoic chamber in MINATEC’s Integrative Industries Building (B2I) wasn’t designed for electromagnetic interference (EMI) testing—but it turns out to be a perfect fit. Researchers have successfully performed EMI tests in the chamber to analyze and help certify electronic devices made by Grenoble-based start-ups. Because the chamber is shielded against electromagnetic fields and prevents them […] >>

MINATEC TV’s Channel 2, “Live from Our Labs,” already boasts 12 videos—and more are on the way next year. The big star of Season 2 will be interactive interfaces that let users learn more in just a few clicks. The first “clickable” film will be on lens-free imaging, a technology currently being studied by researchers […] >>