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TIMC (a CNRS-Grenoble-Alpes University lab) recently kicked off its HydroCovid clinical trial. The goal is to evaluate the effects of hydrogen-saturated water* on Covid-positive patients over age 60 well enough not to require hospitalization. Several studies show that hydrogen could mitigate the runaway inflammatory response that sometimes occurs as a complication of Covid-19. If HydroCovid […] >>

Diagnosing cancer from a biopsy currently takes between two days and two weeks. A PhD research project underway at CEA-Leti could help make analyzing biopsies faster and more accurate. The non-operator-dependent method would utilize infrared holography, taking advantage of the specific absorption wavelengths of the DNA, proteins, amides, and other biochemical molecules characteristic of biological […] >>

The spin Hall effect, where a charge current is transformed into a spin current, has been amply documented, but only in non-magnetic materials. Researchers at Spintec wanted to know if the effect could be observed in ferromagnetic materials. Specifically, they have been looking for the reverse spin Hall effect (spin current to charge current) in […] >>

Electrical equipment manufacturer Legrand, CEA-Leti, and CEA-Liten recently unveiled their new wireless, batteryless connected switch technology. This thrice-patented innovation took several years to develop and is different from competing solutions in several ways. First, it leverages an advanced electromagnetic energy harvesting system for a final product that is 17 dB less noisy and that requires […] >>

Magnetic frustration is a phenomenon resulting from competing constraints in a material, such as when an atom’s magnetic moments want to organize themselves in antiparallel pairs, but can’t due to their geometry. This causes matter to organize itself in complex fundamental states. Researchers have been studying magnetic frustration in triangles, for example, for decades. In […] >>