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To promote the “Women in Science” collection recently created at the Phelma library, APMST, a French non-profit group promoting gender equality in the sciences, is running an original competition to get people reading! Both women and men are eligible to enter. Participants must read one of the 49 books in the collection and do a […] >>

The Grenoble Ekiden relay marathon has reached record levels of popularity this year, with nearly 5,200 runners expected—that’s 60 six-runner teams more than last year! Participants are gearing up for the Sunday, October 22 event with the traditional lunchtime training (Tuesdays at Parc Paul-Mistral and Thursday in the Presqu’île neighborhood right up until the week […] >>

Electromagnetic compatibility expert Nexio, Grenoble-Alpes University labs IMEP-LaHC and G2Elab, and construction-industry R&D center CTSB in Grenoble have joined forces to boost the Pheline electromagnetic testing lab’s capacities. A vocational degree program in electromagnetic compatibility testing was set up at CTSB in 2016, followed by an electronics design workshop specializing in electromagnetic fields in 2017. […] >>

Berlin-based Fraunhofer Group for Microelectronics and Leti signed a new partnership agreement at Leti Innovation Days in June. The agreement will build on existing collaboration between the partners and will cover R&D projects on FDSOI and More than Moore to enable the use of next-generation components in automotive and aeronautics systems, IoT, augmented reality, and […] >>

Leti and STMicroelectronics retirees in Voiron turned to CIME Nanotech to help local volunteers bring Science Week back to Voiron after a two-year hiatus. CIME Nanotech helped with the preparations in the run-up to Science Week and trained the facilitators who will run the event from October 12–15, the week before the Parvis des sciences […] >>