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Do topological insulators—substances that act like insulators on the inside but whose surface contains conducting states—really exist? It would appear so based on experiments conducted on quantum wells just a few nanometers thick, but the findings are difficult to apply to...

• Yes, topological insulators do exist
• The cyber security arms race continues
• Real-time, stress-free cell sorting
• Slow-wave propagation lines on nanowire membranes
• Why electrodes in lithium-ion batteries fail
• An artificial kidney with its own measuring system
• Better treatment for breast cancer relapses
• CBRAM that lasts 10 years at 120°C
• The CEA-Magillem joint lab presents its research
• Breakthrough in measuring nanostructure dopant energy spectra
• Grenoble Institute of Technology gains ground
• Grenoble proves fertile ground for Atrenta
• MINATEC brings home five Innovative Business Start-up awards
• Phelma Junior Consultants kicks off new programs this autumn
• CEA supports business start-ups
• Phelma releases 2012 admissions stats
• Grenoble Institute of Technology students learn about international opportunities
• Grenoble Institute of Technology’s MSc in Cognitive Sciences turns 20 this year
• Enertecs to develop nickel-zinc batteries in Grenoble
• Alain Cottalorda elected Chairman of MINATEC Entreprises
• Grenoble marks crystallography’s centennial
• MINATEC’s Director to earn honorary doctorate from Quebec’s INRS university
• LIST now featured at the MINATEC showroom
• Interview - Laetitia Rapenne, LMGP
• 2012 Science Fair to offer two days of educational activities
• Leti presents 2011 research results in a series of five reports
• Avenium Consulting produces competency database for KIC InnoEnergy
• Leti to showcase its technologies at R&D event Rendez-vous Carnot
• Phelma signs new corporate partnerships
• Phelma to hold first-ever intercultural workshop
• Soon-to-be-hatched start-up LXRepair measures DNA repair activity
• Submit your project ideas for Phelma first-year engineering students

MINATEC recently introduced a new turnkey laboratory service—the only one of its kind in the world—inspired by the CIME Nanotech joint lab between Grenoble Institute of Technology and Joseph Fourier University. This service, called Nanolab, is intended for governments wishing to...

• MINATEC launches turnkey lab service worldwide
• Astrophysics gets an optical boost
• Leti unveils a 10 Gb/s integrated transmitter-on-silicon
• Silicon micro-needles deliver painless injections
• Grenoble nanowires take center stage in Atlanta
• Cleaner graphene powder has arrived
• Understanding the shape of red blood cells
• More efficient processors thanks to magnetism
• A truly miniature high-resolution magnetometer
• 3D integration meets 4G
• Leti set to make greater use of ESRF’s D2AM beamline
• Grenoble’s iGEM team ready to select a project
• Phelma’s management team gets a makeover
• LMGP gets a confocal AFM
• Nanotech meets biotech at the MIGAS® summer school
• LMGP beefs up its staff
• BeSpoon invents the pico-GPS
• IRT Nanoelec slated for €160 million of government funding
• Interview: Thomas Iljic of CEA-Tech in Tokyo
• Phelminaire puts the spotlight on teaching in 2012
• Phelma graduates make a splash in the job market
• Dasein Interactions revolutionizes city planning models
• Paris engineering students spend a day at the CEA
• Wavelens cuts the cost of smartphone autofocus
• Engineers and scientists—want to try your hand at teaching?
• ImmunID makes its mark in oncology
• Mark your calendars for the fifth Phelma Partners Day
• Diabolo: embedding electronics in fine threads
• Manufacturers help shape academics at Phelma

MINATEC’s educational outreach programs are gaining traction, especially the Nano@School program for middle- and high-school students. At its last meeting, the MINATEC board decided to draw up a list of 20 engineers and researchers—10 from INAC and 10 from Leti—to lead...

• INAC and Leti researchers hit the books with Nano@School