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Who could forget Maxime Legallais’ 2015 NanoArt-award-winning photo of a red silicon nanowire in the shape of the red AIDS-awareness ribbon? After a hiatus in 2016, NanoArt is back this year and Maxime’s title is up for grabs! The photo contest is organized by Fondation Nanosciences under the aegis of the Grenoble-Alpes University Foundation. Ph.D. […] >>

The Challenge First Step selection committee made their choice at the end of November. A total of eight startups will receive support and €734K has already been earmarked for the projects. Depending on the progress the founders make toward their stated goals, they could be eligible for additional support in six months. Liten spawned two […] >>

FinFET and FD-SOI are currently neck-and-neck in the race to further miniaturize CMOS circuits beyond the 28 nm node. And major market players will play a key role in determining which technology wins. Leti, which has been betting on FD-SOI for years now, recently joined the 22FDXAccelerator ecosystem created by GlobalFoundries, the world’s second-largest foundry. […] >>

UroMems, a startup founded in 2011 and housed at the BHT, has just completed a very impressive round of fundraising, bringing in €14 million in fresh capital. The company’s product—an artificial urinary sphincter implant that can be placed near the urethra—is a breakthrough innovation that could potentially help the 50 million people worldwide currently suffering […] >>

The 5th High Level Forum (HLF) was held in Grenoble this fall. The event was attended by representatives of the world’s main science and technology ecosystems, who came together to discuss the latest advances in innovation. For the first time ever, a report was published recapping the event. The magazine-style document is available on the […] >>