News : MINATEC

It is now possible to analyze secure-circuit failures at the individual transistor—the ultimate degree of precision. However, to do so requires access to one of the world’s four nanofocused X-ray beams. A team of researchers from CESTI*-Leti used the beamline at Grenoble’s Synchrotron to obtain some original results. The nanofocused beam can put and keep […] >>

In early February, Ideas Laboratory© will supply Air Liquide, Bouygues Construction, and Suez with fifteen connected armband prototypes for factory and construction workers.  With a display that lets workers pinpoint their location on a map, look at task lists and technical drawings, and send and receive safety alerts, the connected armband developed by Ideas Laboratory© […] >>

Grenoble-based startup Diabeloop, founded in partnership with Leti and diabetes research center CERITD to develop an artificial pancreas for insulin-dependent diabetics, raised €13.5 million in July 2017. Aliad (an Air Liquide company), Supernova Invest funds, Sofimac Partners, Kreaxi, and two Crédit Agricole regional investment funds injected €7.5 million in fresh capital into the company. The […] >>

The FMNT (Federation for Micro and Nanotechnology) has brought its functional characterization equipment together at the OPE)N(RA platform. The open-access, multidisciplinary facility is home to a comprehensive set of measurement equipment that can be used to study the functional properties of materials, components, sensors, circuits, and systems for applications ranging from electronics, spintronics, photovoltaics, integrated […] >>

Startup LXRepair, a CEA spinoff founded in 2013, has just raised €1.1 million in capital from investors Kreaxi, CEA-Investissement, XPAND Investissement Ltd., Grenoble Angels, Savoie Mont-Blanc Angels, Gentiane participations, and private individuals. LXRepair will use the funds to complete clinical proof-of-concept studies in oncology, obtain the CE mark for its innovative DNA repair measurement systems, […] >>