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April 03 2022
Grenoble Green Capital seal for Midis MINATEC
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In February, the Midis MINATEC lunch talks were granted the “Grenoble, European Green Capital” seal for sessions addressing environmental issues. The seal will help raise the profile of the already very popular Friday science lectures.Three topics related to Grenoble Green Capital Month have already taken place or are scheduled. A talk on energy communities by […] >>
April 03 2022
Leti Innovation Days 2022: high-caliber, jam-packed content and networking
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Leti Innovation Days 2022 will be held in-person after two years online. The now three-day event will take place on June 21, 22, and 23. Around 1,000 attendees are expected, and the program will include a plenary session, six workshops on selected tech topics, and an exhibition highlighting Grenoble’s Silicon Valley, CEA-Leti’s technology demonstrators, and […] >>
April 03 2022
Interview: Youla Morfouli, Head of the International Masters in Nanotechnology program
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The third Sustainable Electronics Workshop* was held in February.What are your key takeaways?Around 60 students—ten from GEM—attended and I was particularly impressed with their level of motivation. All stakeholders, and not just engineers, need to address sustainable electronics and the technology’s environmental and societal impacts.STMicroelectronics once again mobilized three of their top managers for the […] >>
April 03 2022
A 2,500 km solar bike tour through the Alps
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GIANT is co-organizing the start of the Sun Trip Alpes 2022 bike tour on June 17, when 50 cyclists will depart from Y.SPOT Partners for a 2,500 km loop through six countries with a stop in Innsbruck, Austria and a final stage that will end in Lyon on July 9. The solar-powered electric bike adventure […] >>
April 03 2022
Celebrating two decades of spintronics at Spintec
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Spintec, founded in May 2002 with a team of twelve researchers, is behind many advances in spintronics. The lab helped drive the emergence of MRAM memories and spin-orbitronics and has filed more than 80 patents and spun off four startups, three of which are still in business today (Crocus Technologies, Hprobe, and Antaios). And the […] >>