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February 2018

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EXPERIMENTA 2018: panel talks not to be missed

The Experimenta 2018 art and science fair will be held at Maison MINATEC on February 8–10, 2018. A total of 23...

Drones get 360-degree collision protection

Leti showed off its anti-collision-system prototype for drones at CES 2018. The system is the world’s first to provide 360-degree protection...

Breakthrough in magnetoencephalography from outer space

Researchers at Leti replaced SQUID* sensors with optically-pumped magnetometers used in space applications with the goal of slashing the cost of...

Better Wi-Fi service on board Falcon jets

Making sure that the Wi-Fi on board a Falcon jet is working properly before the jet is delivered can be a...

MRAM on stage at MINATEC this summer

The InMRAM 2014 summer school, organized by Spintec for the second year running, will be held at MINATEC on July 2–4....

CMOS 300 mm qubits can take the heat

Following the excellent results obtained in 2017 on CMOS 300 mm qubits, INAC and Leti continue to push the envelope in...

Chipless RFID tag wins €2 million European Research Council Consolidator Grant

Etienne Perret, a faculty member at Grenoble Institute of Technology and a research scientist at LCIS, an FMNT lab based in Valence, has just won a €2 million European Research Council Consolidator Grant for his chipless RFID tags.

The grant will allow Perret to hire PhD candidates and post-docs and purchase antenna characterization equipment. The bar-code-sized tags are printed with conductive ink. The target properties and cost price are situated somewhere between...

Interview

Guillaume Jubien, a student at Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma and participant in the iGEM 2017 International Genetically Engineered Machine,

We can detect cholera with a lens, two filters, and a smartphone

Tell us about SnapLab, the project that originated in Grenoble and that won a gold medal at the iGEM finals at MIT.

SnapLab is a portable and very easy-to-use cholera test kit that can detect a sequence of nucleic acid in a stool sample and emit fluorescence if the bacteria responsible for cholera are present. SnapLab delivers results as reliable as those obtained with a spectrometer with only a lens, two...

Tomorrow’s microdisplays will be curved

Why is it that the tiny screens on electronic devices like cameras and binoculars are flat when the devices’ lenses are...

Tungsten pumps up STT-RAM

Researchers at INAC have substantially improved the properties of a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) by inserting a layer of tungsten 0.2...

Could tin oxide replace indium tin oxide (ITO) in transparent electrodes?

Tin-oxide-doped indium oxide (ITO) is an excellent material for the transparent electrodes used in smartphone displays, OLED lighting, and other products....

Telecommunications: BF-OFDM rolled out in the Orkney Islands

Bringing high-speed internet access to sparsely-populated rural areas can be a challenge when you only have access to non-contiguous frequency bands—unless...

Wristband diagnoses sleep apnea at home

The indicators used to diagnose sleep apnea—heart and respiratory rates, stress, blood oxygen level—can now be measured at home with a...

UV and IR photodetectors offer unrivalled performance

A team of researchers from INAC and Institut Néel developed UV and IR photodetectors offering unrivalled performance. The devices are based...

Why nanowire beats thin film for piezoelectric potential

Why would a semiconductor material like zinc oxide (ZnO) offer better piezoelectric properties in nanowire form than as a thin film?...

Graphene ultracapacitor achieves record performance

Researchers at INAC doped sheets of graphene with nitrogen in an ECR-CVD reactor,* obtaining a record atomic concentration of 17% nitrogen....

Stevie Wonder a fan of the Enhancia connected ring

Grenoble startup Enhancia’s connected ring was a hit with international music icon Stevie Wonder, who tried it on at CES Las...

€676 K awarded to five projects in First Step Challenge 2017

At the end of November the First Step Challenge jury selected five startups to receive funding. A total of €676,000 was...

Leti researcher wins Helmholtz International Fellow Award

Jean-Michel Hartmann, Director of Research at Leti, recently won the Helmholtz International Fellow Award in recognition of more than a decade...

The secret to great skin? Put down your mobile phone!

The artificial light from mobile phone displays has a damaging effect on the mitochondrial networks of dermal fibroblasts, according to a...

Biomimetic thin films enter maturation phase

Could a startup be in the future for LMGP’s BioactiveCoatings research project? One positive sign is that the project has now...

APIX Analytics ready to take on US and Asian markets

Startup APIX Analytics raised €8 million in late 2017 to speed up its development on international energy and environmental markets. The...

3D-Oncochip: LMGP helps create microtumors

The IMBM research team led by Catherine Picart (LMGP) has built a strong reputation in the development of bioactive materials for...

A gap year in the Amazon rainforest

Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma student Yoann Rey-Ricord, age 23, took a gap year in the Amazon rainforest to participate in a...

The art and science of innovation marketing

Turning a complex technology into a product that meets real-world customer needs and finding a business model that actually makes money...

92 teens expected for Scientifique, toi aussi ! science career day

On February 8, all CEA centers will host the 7^th Scientifique, toi aussi ! [You, too, can be a scientist!] open...

GreEn-Er students try their hand at beekeeping 2.0

Did you know that the roof of the GreEn-Er building has been home to two beehives since the spring of 2016?...

Pierre Benech appointed Grenoble Institute of Technology President through 2020

Pierre Benech will succeed Brigitte Plateau as President of Grenoble Institute of Technology following Plateau’s appointment to a position with the...