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Startup Aledia, which specializes in a 3D LED technology, has just completed its third round of fundraising, bringing in €30 million in fresh capital. In addition to the company’s past investors, which include Ikea, the high-profile Intel Capital has now also joined the ranks of the company’s investors. This new investor is evidence that Aledia’s […] >>

First-year students at Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma are playing a major role in orchestrating the second edition of Phelma’s “Partager la Science” [Sharing Science] program as part of their first-year student projects. Some of the students have been facilitating science experiments, while six others will organize the program’s closing talk, which anyone can attend, on […] >>

Since the end of March, all new arrivals—whether they are PhD candidates, temporary or permanent employees, or interns—at the CEA in Grenoble have been given a new welcome packet to help them settle in more comfortably. The information in the welcome packet was previously available online, and is now easy to find in a practical […] >>

Israel’s Weebit Nano, which moved into the BHT in September, has been working with Leti since 2016. Their research focuses on tomorrow’s resistive memory (ReRAM), which is faster and more energy-efficient than flash memory. ReRAM also offers the advantage of being made from silicon oxide, a material very commonly used in microelectronics and easy to […] >>

Construction of the new High-tech Building, BHT2, is well underway. The building, located at the southern entrance of the Presqu’Île district on rue Félix-Esclangon, is slated for completion in the spring of 2019. The five-story high-environmental-quality building will offer modular office, lab, and cleanroom spaces from 50 sq. m to 900 sq. m. dedicated to […] >>