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June 2014
International researchers shed new light on DNA repair
Researchers from INAC recently worked with scientists from France, Poland, and Russia to identify a previously-unknown mechanism to repair the uracil...
Micro-Raman spectroscopy used to characterize graphene-silicon transistor
Raman spectroscopy is already a technique of choice for the characterization of carbon-based structures. Now, it is also known to be...
Drones to get new miniature magnetometer
Leti recently completed a high-performance miniature magnetometer prototype suitable for drones. The device, whose probe measures just 8 cm3, is extremely...
Carbon-13 NMR at natural abundance now possible
INAC researchers have leveraged dynamic nuclear polarization, an emerging hyperpolarization technique, and an innovative sample preparation protocol to apply advanced solid...
New insights into how graphite gets charged with lithium
INAC simulation experts have discovered new insights into a 40-year-old mystery: how graphite, an attractive anode material for lithium-ion batteries, gets...
Smart obstacle detection gets boost from multicore circuit
Inria’s Montbonnot lab (near Grenoble) recently developed an obstacle detection application capable of operating in dynamic environments—even going so far as...
Revolutionary micropump performance just over the horizon
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 to one microliter per minute. But R&D partners IMEP-LAHC, Leti, Eveon, and Cedrat Technologies have just...
“Our goal is to turn more projects into commercially-viable products”
The French government is pushing the country’s clusters to make the transition from “project factory” to “product factory.” What does this mean for Minalogic?
As a member of the national competitive cluster system, we are aligning with this objective. We started by assessing the 46 Minalogic-certified R&D projects that have been completed since the cluster’s inception. A year after the projects...
Quantum transport: Kwant goes dynamic
INAC researchers, already active in the Kwant open-source quantum transport software development community, are at it again, this time with the...
Piezoelectric stack integration time slashed by 70%
A team of researchers from Leti and Mitsubishi has developed a process that leverages a new piezoelectric material developed by Mitsubishi....
Spin-orbit interaction breathes new life into MRAMs
Over the past few months, Spintec has been completing the fabrication of the first generation of a new kind of MRAM...
The Internet of Things gets a new architecture model
The Internet of Things has just made a giant leap forward with the EU-funded IoT-A project (completed late last year). As...
Nanometric deformation measurement just got even more accurate
The Nanocharacterization Platform has just achieved a world first: measuring SOI transistor deformation with spatial resolution under 2 nm. The breakthrough...
Six motion sensors on just 4 mm2 of silicon
Tronics recently presented a revolutionary MEMS concept invented by Leti. The new MEMS packs in an impressive three accelerometers and three...
Books: Beyond CMOS Nanodevices 2
Network of Excellence coordinator Francis Balestra (IMEP-LAHC) edited Beyond CMOS Nanodevices 2, which was recently published by Wiley. The multi-author book,...
Samsung chooses FD-SOI
Grenoble’s microelectronics industry just brought home a big win. Global smartphone leader Samsung recently signed a strategic contract with STMicroelectronics with...
Aryballe unveils plans to raise €4 million in fresh capital
Start-up Aryballe Technologies, founded in 2014, is gearing up to raise €4 million in fresh capital to finance R&D on innovative...
CEA holds onto position as one of France’s top three patent filers
France’s National Industrial Property Institute (INPI) published its 2013 patent ranking in April. The CEA ranked third with 625 patent applications...
Grenoble Institute of Technology email addresses updated
Grenoble Institute of Technology did away with its “@inpg.fr” email addresses in March of this year to combat excessive SPAM and...
Tram service disruptions to continue through August
Work to extend tram line B has caused disruptions in service to MINATEC since April 28, and the Cité internationale stop...
Primo1D presents E-Thread at RFID Journal Live 2014 in Orlando
Grenoble-based start-up Primo1D exhibited at RFID Journal Live 2014 held in Orlando, Florida on April 8–10, taking advantage of the opportunity...
Phelma lab classes to use large instruments starting in September
Starting next September, Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma students in the Physics for Nanoscience, FAME International Master’s, and Nuclear and Energy Engineering...
Phelma student body elects new representatives
Following a week of intensive campaigning across Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma’s three campuses, the student body elected its new representatives. And,...
Ten start-up projects in the running for the Challenge First Step 2014
The third edition of the Challenge First Step is hitting cruising speed, with ten start-up projects submitted (seven from Leti, two...
Shaping tomorrow’s cities at MINATEC IDEAs® Laboratory
MINATEC IDEAs® Laboratory is currently running the Cité 2030 project in partnership with GDF Suez. The goal is to design the...
SiC community to meet in Grenoble on September 21–25
The European Conference on Silicon Carbide and Related Materials (ECSCRM), to be held in Grenoble on September 21–25, will bring together...
Interview: Isabelle Guillaume, General Manager, Minalogic
“Our goal is to turn more projects into commercially-viable products”
The French government is pushing the country’s clusters to make...
CEA Tech strengthens ties with France’s Institutes of Technology
Implementation of the CEA Tech partnership agreement with France’s four Institutes of Technology (Grenoble, Bordeaux, Nancy, and Toulouse) recently got underway,...
France-Japan working group encourages transnational cooperation
The France-Japan working group was set up in October 2013 to facilitate cooperation between Grenoble and Japan (and, especially, the Japanese...
Twizy electric vehicle demonstrator highlights smart battery management
A Renault Twizy electric vehicle demonstrator has been on display at the CEA Tech showroom since April. It shows how the...
The Internet of Things in the spotlight at LetiDays 2014
The LetiDays 2014 conference on “The Internet of Things, from Sensors to Zero Power” will be held at Maison MINATEC on...
New Grenoble Institute of Technology websites go live
Grenoble Institute of Technology and its six schools now have brand-new websites. The sites, which have gradually been going live since...
CEA Grenoble publications to be signed “Grenoble Alps University”
Grenoble’s higher education and research community has adopted a common signature, “Grenoble Alps University” for all publications. CEA Grenoble is aligning...