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Hospitals currently perform their PCR (polymerase chain reaction) analyses at their central labs. It will soon be possible to complete the analyses right in hospital units like the emergency room. Researchers from CEA-Leti and Dr. Didier Raoult’s team at IHU Méditerranée Infection in Marseille have joined forces to tackle the problem. The researchers from CEA-Leti […] >>

The National Intravital Platform, part of France Life Imaging, a research institute tasked with setting up a coordinated national medical imaging network, has moved from the Institut des Neurosciences to Clinatec. The platform’s most advanced imaging technique, two-photon microscopy, will effectively take Clinatec’s medical imaging capabilities to the next level. How does it work? A […] >>

An antenna’s directivity indicates how well its radiation pattern can be directed in space. Directivity that exceeds theoretical limits is called super-directivity. CEA-Leti researchers recently experimented with super-directivity, using miniature antennas. And the performance they obtained was impressive! The researchers placed several elements—coupled and charged with complex impedances—in the immediate vicinity of a radiating source. […] >>

An artificial pancreas developed by CEA-Leti and CERTID (a private-sector diabetes research center) was recently tested on 15 patients. The system consists of an insulin pump, a blood-sugar sensor, and a dedicated algorithm installed on a smartphone. The algorithm uses the patient’s profile and activity (meals, physical exercise) to calculate the insulin dosage, which is […] >>

Research to enhance semiconductor-based (CdZnTe) gamma-ray imaging modules has finally untangled a major conundrum: how to increase sensitivity without lowering spatial resolution (and vice-versa). Researchers from CEA-Leti and the CEA Physical Science Division (DSM) successfully improved both sensitivity and image definition using a low-noise read circuit and special signal processing. The module, which is standard-sized […] >>