News : Innovation & Society

The team that represented the Rhône-Alpes region in the Solar Decathlon Europe 2012 competition will soon present its Canopea® solar home prototype at MINATEC. The prototype won the international energy-independent solar home competition for the Rhône-Alpes team last year. The prototype will be set up in April in front of MINATEC and will remain there […] >>

The Clinatec R&D center has completed the major renovation work necessary to bring its facilities into compliance. The revamped center is now fully operational with a team of 90 researchers. And the center recently scored a big win with successful toxicology testing on Protool, a surgical instrument that can capture tissue (healthy or cancerous) for […] >>

The Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) Summit—to be held at CEA-Grenoble on February 7, 2013—aims to spur crucial programs to get Europe back to economic growth and competitiveness, and to get politicians on board. The summit is being co-sponsored by French Minister of Higher Education and Research Geneviève Fioraso and French Minister of Industrial Renewal Arnaud […] >>

The Rotary Club and the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles consortium will hold the 9th annual “Promoting Professional Ethics” competition this year under the patronage of UNESCO. The competition is open to students from three years post high-school to PhD level. The competition participants—tomorrow’s decision makers—must write a five-page essay (individual or as a group) defending […] >>

CEA Tech, the CEA’s Technology Research Division, will open sites in three cities in western France—Toulouse, Bordeaux, and Nantes—in early 2013. Initially, between six and eight people will staff each site to help local businesses enhance their existing products and services through innovation. CEA Tech’s support will involve joint R&D agreements whereby the businesses can […] >>