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For the past three years, four Grenoble laboratories have been working together, using methods from materials science and economics to find alternatives to the critical materials in white LEDs.Their work, funded by the UGA Idex grant, marks a departure from conventional...

• Material criticality comes into its own as a research topic
• MRAM memories stand up to heavy ion abuse
• Smart window glazing for more energy-efficient buildings
• Peptides could inhibit SARS-CoV-2 replication
• Microfluidic patch can detect when cows are in heat
• Advance in biomaterials marks a step toward personalized medical implants
• Banking on SiC for neural interfaces
• Shedding new light on acute stress
• Monoclonal antibodies the subject of PhD research at Sanofi and LMGP
• Copper oxide could be a candidate for tomorrow’s solar cells
• Larger defect-free graphene layers produced
• Neutrons supercharge fuel cell research
• Orientation for new GIANT PhD students to take place on February 8
• MINATEC Entreprises broadens support for innovation
• CEA-Leti heads to CES® to showcase its latest medical technologies
• CEA-Leti IT security testing lab affirms biometric ID expertise
• LMGP makes progress on liquid phase atomic layer deposition
• New book looks back on the start of the 21st century at CEA Grenoble
• Grenoble engineering students cycle across Europe
• Diabeloop shifts into high gear in France and around the globe
• Everything you ever wanted to know about FDSOI in 380 pages
• SET, from the French Alps to the world
• Clinatec endowment fund hires new neuroillumination researchers
• Injectpower, for implantable monitoring devices that last
• The Class of 2019 will finally get its commencement ceremony

Direct Analysis, the 70th startup from CEA-Leti, has stayed under the radar since it was founded at the beginning of the year.The company has won an i-Lab award, completed twelve demos of its food testing solution, and secured preliminary regulatory approvals....

• Startup Direct Analysis racking up the milestones
• New accelerator at Ganil gets high-precision control system
• Photonic chips: toward high-throughput alignment of optical fibers
• OxRAM memory almost ready to scale up for manufacturing
• Creating and manipulating skyrmions with helium ions
• Beamforming improves the angular resolution of PMUTs
• Mystery of disappearing photons solved
• The perfect fuel-cell membrane remains elusive
• Making IoT devices more resilient to attacks
• Marion Gruart wins award and PhD grant for red LED research
• Reversing magnetization with an electric field
• Survey: Midis MINATEC phygital format a hit
• Science outreach program Parvis des Sciences to be held in person this year
• Leti Innovation Days get a new four-session format
• Irig turns to YouTube to spread the word about its research
• Nonprofit La Puya Internationale on the ground in Madagascar
• Tech transfer: Magellan stays the course
• Anne Vilcot reappointed director of Phelma, focuses on 2030 strategy
• INSTN offers online courses on eco-innovation for the circular economy
• Class of 2020 career placement numbers are good
• CEA-Leti builds a demonstrator like no other
• Back to school, (almost) business as usual
• Minalogic cluster introduces WAM*, a new online community
• LYNRED and IMEP-LaHC set up joint lab
• MINATEC sweeps the i-Lab competition
• The GIANT Junior Ambassadors need you!

Exposing degenerating neurons to near infrared light could slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease. A preclinical trial of this approach in 2016 produced excellent results. The first patient in a new clinical trial was implanted with the neuron-illuminating device at Clinatec...

• Could neuroillumination be Clinatec’s new weapon against Parkinson's disease?
• DNP probes cellulose nanofibrils
• Advances towards more “human” magnetoencephalography temperatures
• Nitrogen magneto-ionics for lower power consumption
• A step closer to multi-time-scale neuromorphic chips
• Could the surfaces of semiconducting nanowires be the key to performance?
• Wafer-level testing of photonic circuits speeds up development
• Bioimaging: quantum dots with fluorophore-like performance
• NB-IoT: some adaptations for satellite communications
• Lensless imaging could make phage therapy faster
• Antibody engineering: CEA project wins Sanofi award
• Quantum: CMOS withstands very low temperatures
• Startup Vulkam sets sights on space market
• Aryballe to receive €1.1 million subsidy for new pilot line
• New Masters in Biorefining and Biomaterials
• Vincent Favre-Nicolin wins award for his work in crystallography
• IMEP-LaHC scientist travels to Finland for six-month stay
• Middle-school science competition garners 350 entries
• Osiris robotic irrigation system could help make farming more sustainable
• Graphene2021 Conference: in October, and ideally in person
• Fab lab encourages engineering students to “do it yourself”
• Louis Néel in the spotlight for golden anniversary of his Nobel Prize
• Student radio spreads good vibes
• CEA raises awareness of gender-based violence
• MINATEC Enterprises gets a new office and CEO

Irig was among the partners on a French national research agency (ANR) project that resulted in the on-demand emission of single photons in silicon at 1.28 µm, a wavelength used in telecommunications. They did it by introducing carefully-engineered defects into the...

• Silicon can emit single photons at 1.28 microns
• New ultra-low-power shape recognition
• Pentagons magnetically frustrated, but still fairly well-organized
• Spin Hall effect observed in a ferromagnetic material
• Wireless, batteryless lighting and roller shutter control
• Infrared holography could provide faster, more accurate cancer diagnosis
• Hydrogen could prevent Covid-19-related runaway inflammation
• Microwire and quantum dot could connect two worlds
• Germanium-laser-on-silicon contacts could become more stable
• New mustard-gas assessment can be used up to fourteen days after exposure
• STT-MRAM memory cells under under the microscope
• Smart window films boost indoor cellular service
• Phelma engages students through flipped classrooms
• Eagerly-awaited ferroelectric tester arrives at G2Elab
• Radiobiology: X-ray generator delivered to Irig
• Four renovation projects will improve building energy performance at CEA-Grenoble
• Clinatec Endowment Fund kicks off R&D programs
• Quantum: New silicon qubit tester will save years
• Grapheal raises €1.9 million for its digital biosensors
• CEA Grenoble Director Bruno Feignier rolls out his roadmap
• Becton Dickinson now a Grenoble INP - Phelma partner
• Internet of Things: Making security better, together
• Maxime Leprince’s mouth-watering Three Minute Thesis
• Covid and equal opportunity: Phelma remains vigilant

CEA-Leti and Intel, the world’s largest foundry, signed a contract expanding their partnership into 3D-integrated processors for high-performance computing via a multi-year R&D program in Grenoble. Intel and CEA-Leti began working together on IoT and very-high-speed wireless communications in 2016. The company...

• For Intel and CEA-Leti the future is 3D
• Quantum supremacy still not a given
• New SALD pen could improve deposition
• Quantum photonics a lethal weapon in the fight against cybercrime
• New electric motor components for fixed-gear bicycles
• 6G the focus of new European projects
• Melanoma: IBS investigates vaccine potential
• Industrial companies look to unfalsifiable, shareable blockchain
• Epistore project aims for super-compact fuel cells
• Fewer post-op complications for colorectal cancer patients
• Bolometer-based detectors: SPICA 100 times better than Herschel
• ESRF revolutionizes imaging of human organs
• Magnetic 2D materials, the new path to skyrmions?
• DNP for cooler, more sensitive, and less expensive NMR
• Fuel cells: Neural networks provide new insights into Nafion
• Grenoble INP-Phelma introduces new website for future students
• Chipless RFID: Innovative tags win yet another award
• NMR and biology: Paul Schanda brings home two awards
• Startup team doubles in size to create even more new ventures
• CEA Magellan accelerator to get a dozen new ventures a year off the ground
• JSIam 2021 to bring PhDs and business pros together online
• Midi MINATEC lunch talks go remote, recordings available
• Spintec spearheading the international spintronics roadmap
• Grenoble INP-UGA online Open House
• Kalray reaches €97 million raised since it was founded in 2008
• A giant leap for Diabeloop