News : MINATEC

Germany’s Mynaric, which specializes in dynamic airborne and space communication networks, recently signed an exclusive R&D contract with Leti. The R&D conducted under the contract will focus on a new generation of avalanche photodiodes (APD) for optical open-air communications (inter-satellite, satellite-to-ground, and balloons). Leti has been developing APD technology for a decade. The institute’s research […] >>

LMGP has been working on bioactive surfaces for bone regeneration for a decade. Today, the lab is internationally-recognized as a leader on the subject. It all started when biophysicist Catherine Picart came to LMGP in 2008. The story continued with four European Research Council grants, dozens of publications, three patents, and—more recently—planned startup Regenerbone. In […] >>

Back in 2009 Mina-News predicted that photons would be used to build logic gates. While that particular application for photonics has since been abandoned, Leti’s silicon photonics research has continued to expand. Today, researchers are focusing on the very-high-speed communications requirements of datacenters and supercomputers. With photonics components, data transfer speeds could reach up to […] >>

The June 2018 issue of Mina-News marks an anniversary of sorts: It is the 50th issue of the MINATEC campus newsletter. Mina-News was first published in October 2008. Since then, more than 1,200 articles have been published in French and English! Over the years, Mina-News has maintained its focus on topics like technological innovations, campus […] >>

Nano@school, a CIME Nanotech program for high school juniors enrolled in the science track, has been held at MINATEC since 2010. This year nearly 800 students from 25 high schools (including three international high schools) enrolled, setting a record for Nano@school! Back in 2010, Nano@school was an experimental program offered to just two Grenoble-area high […] >>