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Could a startup be in the future for LMGP’s BioactiveCoatings research project? One positive sign is that the project has now entered an eighteen-month maturation phase at Grenoble’s incubator and technology transfer specialist, Linksium. LMGP research scientist Catherine Picart, who is leading the project, plans to hire an engineer for the proof of concept: bone […] >>

The artificial light from mobile phone displays has a damaging effect on the mitochondrial networks of dermal fibroblasts, according to a two-year study conducted by Gattefossé, a manufacturer of cosmetic excipients and other ingredients, and Grenoble-based biotech company Cytoo, headquartered at MINATEC. Cytoo used its micropatterning technology to explore the architecture of the skin cells. […] >>

Jean-Michel Hartmann, Director of Research at Leti, recently won the Helmholtz International Fellow Award in recognition of more than a decade of cooperation with German research institute ForschungsZentrum Jülich (FZJ) that has resulted in nearly 70 joint publications and numerous nanoelectronics and photonics research projects. Most notably, Leti supplied FZJ with multiple Si/SiGe stacks on […] >>

Grenoble startup Enhancia’s connected ring was a hit with international music icon Stevie Wonder, who tried it on at CES Las Vegas. When a musician playing a keyboard or synthesizer wears the ring, it produces additional sound effects according to preconfigured hand movements. “I like it. I love it,” said Wonder. Enhancia’s four founders, all […] >>

Why would a semiconductor material like zinc oxide (ZnO) offer better piezoelectric properties in nanowire form than as a thin film? Researchers at IMEP-LaHC have come up with an explanation. The tip and sides of the nanowire trap the Fermi level, repelling the free carriers in the material, thus eliminating the typical piezoelectric screening effect. […] >>