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The new Bruker Icon AFM installed at IMEP-LaHC in late October offers conventional topographical measurement capabilities with resolutions of around a nanometer. There’s nothing revolutionary about that. However, the microscope does have some new capabilities that are not available anywhere else in Grenoble. The equipment’s “Data Cube” mode delivers point-by-point electrical and physical measurements across […] >>

The Challenge First Step 2018 selection committee approved the seven projects presented last June. Six of the projects are from Leti and one is from Liten. Four of the projects address healthcare-related topics: a low-cost magnetoencephalography machine for research and diagnostics; a microfluidic bacterial detection system for real-time analyses for the food and other industries; […] >>

The CEA Open Innovation Center will combine high-tech R&D, exploration of new uses for technology, and innovative business models. Ground broke on the new building on September 25, 2018 at a ceremony attended by representatives of the project’s three financing partners*.   The 3,300 sq. m facility’s modular workspaces will host project teams (two days a […] >>

On October 11–13 Maison MINATEC will host the eleventh Parvis des sciences science fair. The capacity of the event was increased this year to accommodate growing numbers of requests from schools. More than 1,500 schoolchildren (300 more than in 2017) from 31 elementary school and 28 high school classes are expected on the Thursday and […] >>

Some 70 experts on semiconductor nanomaterials-based biosensors will come together in Grenoble on November 6 and 7, 2018. They are all counting on using nanoparticles, nanowire networks, and thin films to provide the electrical detection capabilities needed to develop miniaturized biosensors. Currently, there is only one product leveraging this kind of technology on the market: […] >>