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Leti recently completed a high-performance miniature magnetometer prototype suitable for drones. The device, whose probe measures just 8 cm3, is extremely compact. The development was inspired by the magnetometers developed for the space industry in recent years—for the Swarm satellite, for instance—but features some major innovations, like replacing the usual piezoelectric motor with a liquid […] >>

Raman spectroscopy is already a technique of choice for the characterization of carbon-based structures. Now, it is also known to be effective on hybrid graphene-silicon MOS transistors made using graphene grown on silicon carbide. Researchers from Leti, INAC, and the University of Montpellier mapped the system’s graphene areas, revealing the presence of graphene between the […] >>

Researchers from INAC recently worked with scientists from France, Poland, and Russia to identify a previously-unknown mechanism to repair the uracil lesion, a major DNA alteration that can cause cancer. INAC’s biochemists helped prepare synthetic DNA fragments containing the uracil lesion, and then analyzed the enzyme repair process at work. Using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, they […] >>

The micropump, a type of drug delivery system, is well-known to diabetics, many of whom use the devices for their daily insulin injections. Although micropumps are both practical and reliable, they do have their drawbacks: First, with a price tag in the thousands of euros, they are costly. Second, the drug volumes delivered are limited […] >>

On May 5, 6, and 7 Grenoble Institute of Technology’s Phelma engineering school will hold an electrochemistry course for faculty teaching physics and chemistry in the national prep program. The course will give faculty a chance to discover—or refresh their knowledge of—electrochemistry basics and industrial applications like energy storage, anti-corrosion treatments, and electrosynthesis, which play […] >>