News : MINATEC

IRT Nanoelec is rolling out a new strategy for 2015–2017 with three main pillars. One of the pillars is career placement for PhDs in electronics. IRT Nanoelec will be working with Grenoble-Alps University’s Doctoral School using data from the Employment Observatory to come up with a more accurate picture of PhDs’ prospects. The goal is […] >>

Dominique Noguet, Head of Communication and Security Technology, Leti, an institute of the CEA “Standards will help us position our technologies” Leti has been working on a standard for cognitive radio since 2011. Why? We developed a cognitive radio technology that leverages TV white space. In other words, it takes advantage of UHF bands allocated […] >>

The final round of the Inno’Cup Junior challenge will be held at MINATEC on July 8 and 9. This national competition* is the latest incarnation of the Franco-American Young Innovators Award. It targets a broad audience—anyone between the ages of 15 and 18 with a new idea can take part. Plus, participants don’t need any […] >>

FEI, a US-based manufacturer of scanning electron microscopes (SEM) and transmission electron microscopes (TEM) has decided to extend its joint lab with the Nanocharacterization Platform (PFNC). The joint lab was set up in 2010 to conduct research in two fields: fine tuning precession electron nanodiffraction to measure deformation at the nanometric scale with applications for […] >>

The CEA, with 558 patent applications published, has held on to the position of number one among public research organizations in the European Patent Office’s 2014 rankings. The CEA also did well in the overall rankings, moving up a slot from the previous year to 32nd. The CEA is France’s third-leading patent filer, just behind […] >>