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The 2016–2017 academic year was a good one for the Nano@school educational outreach program, which served 610 science-track high-school students—including around 80 from international schools in Turkey, Japan, and Italy—at CIME Nanotech labs. The year was a good one in terms of quality, as well, with updates to two of the six workshops. The microsystems […] >>

The tenth annual Parvis des sciences science fair will be held on October 19–21, 2017 at MINATEC. And, with ample opportunities to look, touch, experiment, and ask questions, there is sure to be something for each of the 3,000 visitors expected this year. Thursday and Friday—for school groups only—are already fully booked. A total of […] >>

MINATEC’s international reputation is what convinced the CEA to appoint me to this new position.”   In April of this year, you were appointed Director, MINATEC, Advisor to the CEA Chairman for International Innovation Projects. What is your mandate? The objective is to support the development of the CEA’s international relations. The CEA’s network of […] >>

The Isère General Council, already a partner of the Ideas Laboratory®, recently signed a new partnership, this time with the Experimenta expo, which will now be held once every two years. The next edition will take place in February 2018 at MINATEC, with activities spread out at sites across the Greater Grenoble area. Ideas Laboratory® […] >>

Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) produces much more than just images. The TEM equipment at the CEA nanocharacterization platform (PFNC) provides detailed information on the chemistry of the materials analyzed. And, to make sure that the platform’s equipment stays at the international state of the art, two transmission electron microscopes have been upgraded with advanced analysis […] >>