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Cell phone antennas are now so tiny that they can no longer adapt to different networks’ frequency bands, seriously impairing data transmission and call quality. Leti is working on a smart miniature antenna capable of adapting its impedance all on its...

• Telephony: an antenna that follows you from network to network
• Telephony: an antenna that follows you from network to network
• The world’s smallest memory is Made in Grenoble
• Seeing nanocomponents in a new light
• Upstream Technology Platform makes suspended graphene components
• MRI contrast agents now twelve times more effective
• Water pockets in a 5-nm-thick film
• Kwant: powerful, open source quantum transport simulation solutions
• Sofradir-Leti joint lab turns ten
• LMGP gets a robot for high-throughput thin-film deposition
• IRT Nanoelec striving for even greater connectivity
• Phelma Junior Consultants gets students ready for the job market
• Grenoble hosts 220 engineering school deans
• New OMNT study on nanoparticles for healthcare
• Countdown to the CEA’s 2nd Nanosafety Conference
• UroMems moves into the High-Tech Building
• Three don’t-miss Midi MINATECs lined up
• IP heavyweights Avenium Consulting and Questel to merge
• How to get Horizon 2020 funding for ICT research
• MINATEC TV goes interactive
• EMI testing in B2I’s anechoic chamber
• LXRepair off to a roaring start
• iGEM team wins Best Mathematical Model award
• Digital SQUIDs hit the road
• Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma brings Altran on board
• Fluoptics raises €2 million for global business development
• Scientists to play show and tell
• Chemistry takes the spotlight in Leti clean rooms

In a world first, a team of French and Danish researchers from Leti and STMicroelectronics successfully performed non-destructive testing on a CMOS stack layer embedded at a depth of more than 50 nm, locating it to within 10% accuracy. The team,...

• Non-destructive surface testing goes 50 nm deep
• Gold nanoparticles help fight brain tumors
• Bacteria stand out under ultra-sensitive NMR
• Dye-sensitized solar cells achieve over 10% yields
• Manipulated images fool detection systems
• Four-junction concentrated solar cell delivers 43.6% yield
• Quantum dots blow their own horns
• Coming soon: a fully-microelectronic CO2 sensor
• Hydrogen catalysis may be possible with enzymes instead of platinum
• Grenoble proud to host Conférence des grandes écoles for the first time
• Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma packs in a full freshman class
• Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma restructures its biomedical program
• Zero PoVa project tackles quantum nanoelectronics
• Seven projects selected for the 2013 Challenge First Step
• Real families test energy-independent homes
• Five Grenoble business ideas win French government funding
• The Nano@school website now online
• Winners, pack your bags!
• Interview: Philippe Michallon, Head of SPICE
• STMicroelectronics and Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma strengthen partnership
• Grenoble-based iSketchnote turns to crowdfunding to raise capital
• GIANT opens its doors during 2013 Science Week
• Professor Alim-Louis Benabid earns recognition for Parkinson’s research
• Start-up incubation thriving at MINATEC
• Learn more about advanced characterization
• Smart-card security: Leti’s CESTI earns EAL7 accreditation

With €150 million of building construction projects planned or underway, MINATEC is undergoing a major expansion—its biggest leap forward since it was established in 2002. The Nanobio2 building (1,400 m2 of useable space) will be inaugurated in just a few weeks....

• MINATEC gets €150 million worth of new buildings
• Tracking down deposits on artery walls
• Nanowires for supercapacitors
• Actin, nature’s architect for 3D connections
• Microcoolers hold it together under pressure of 250 bars
• Lens-free virus viewing thanks to a webcam
• Even faster multi-core processor calculations
• BeSpoon sets a world record at 3,641 meters
• Productive fun in store at the 2013 Phelminaire
• CERN chips employ Leti’s TSV technology
• Philippe Mallein, Knight of the French National Order of Merit
• Phelma introduces a work-study program for micro and nanoelectronics
• Grenoble Institute of Technology neck-and-neck with Polytechnique
• Aledia powers ahead at light(n)ing speed
• Leti Innovation Days brings together businesses and researchers
• Leti sets the stage for 14 nm FDSOI
• CEA’s market research department turns 20
• The 2013 First Step Challenge is now open!
• Minalogic gives you a glimpse into the future
• Fabien Ndagijimana interview: “We want to calm the debate on electromagnetic waves”
• Body Area Networks gain traction
• Leti teams up with Rohde & Schwarz on RF
• iGEM team opts for an optogenetics project
• N+1 theater company camps out at the CEA
• Leti traces its SOI history in a new book
• Crocus Technology commits for five years
• An interactive stage glove for a one-man orchestra
• IRT Nanoelec celebrates its first year
• CEA, France’s second-largest patent filer in 2012
• MEIS looks at nanowire constraints

In March, Grenoble Institute of Technology will present its pioneering new three-year initial training program to the Rhône-Alpes regional government. The new program would give micro and nanoelectronics design students hands-on learning opportunities through apprenticeships with companies in the industry. And...

• Micro and nanoelectronics design: Grenoble Institute of Technology to propose new apprenticeship program
• Spintec reinvents the electronic compass
• Femtocell base stations could require 20% to 40% less energy
• Uranium renews hope for monomolecular magnets
• Vibration energy harvesting: Leti files three patents
• Spintronic devices in germanium—at room temperature
• Memory: Leti researchers observe GST
• Leti duo wins Général Ferrié electronics award
• Prestodiag brings home new awards
• Microwaves and photonics to come together in the Vercors this summer
• CEA-Grenoble enters Rhône-Alpes Challenge
• MINATEC hosts 150 micro and nanoelectronics PhD students
• The Titan Ultimate delivers
• Grenoble Institute of Technology focuses on women in engineering
• Atom probe tomography getting closer to artefact-free 3D reconstruction
• Nanomedicine: ETPN appoints new Executive Committee
• Grenoble Institute of Technology moves up in rankings
• PhD students, save the date: 2013 Junior Scientist and Industry Annual Meeting
• Solar Decathlon award-winning prototype to come to MINATEC
• Interview with Grenoble Institute of Technology’s Fanny Poinsotte*
• INAC looks at solar cell dyes
• Patrick Duréault elected Chairman of Phelma Board
• Everything you need to know about your Grenoble Institute of Technology application
• Phelma Junior Consultants to reach out to more businesses in 2013
• Clinatec continues to expand
• Mobile telephony: Leti looking at 5G
• CEA Tech regional offices on the front lines
• CEA-Grenoble to host KETs Summit on February 7, 2013
• Professional ethics competition open to students

Launched just before the summer holidays, a new website called “38 de Sciences” (sfp.grenoble.cnrs.fr)—set up jointly by the French Physics Society, Fondation Nanosciences, and Institut Néel’s IT department—gives Grenoble-area researchers a one-stop shop for information about upcoming seminars, conferences, thesis defenses,...

• See all Grenoble-area research events at a glance at “38 de Sciences”
• 3D packaging: Leti unveils a test pattern library
• Phase-change memory now requires less current
• Wireless sensors poised to improve transportation safety
• Ultra-wideband and RFID make a winning combination
• Electric arcs soon to be detected acoustically
• Tuberculosis skin test results available in just 18 hours
• Electronic tongues just got simpler
• Europe gets its first CMOS-MRAM demonstrator
• Grenoble Institute of Technology graduation attended by prestigious guests
• Movea penetrates the context detection market
• Dr. Yves Bréchet appointed France’s High Commissioner for Atomic and Alternative Energy
• Grenoble Institute of Technology scores high in the QS World University Rankings
• Hybrid-En brings organic materials to semiconductors
• Isorg wins fans with its interactive displays
• First Step Challenge gets an overwhelming response
• MultiX raises €4 million of fresh capital
• Nanosafety building slated to open in H1 2013
• MINATEC TV keeps on growing
• 2013 Midi MINATEC brown bag lunch series program now available
• 2012 Science Fair and Expérimenta pack a full house
• Grenoble Institute of Technology brochures get a makeover
• Interview: Jean-Luc Doumont, Co-founder of Principiæ
• Phelma students get an insider’s view from industry professionals
• Phelma beefs up its corporate partnerships
• Leti Annual Review takes on a new format
• Grenoble’s iGEM team wins a gold medal and safety award
• CEA Tech expands westward