News : innovation

In the runup to an evaluation by the French National Research Agency and Higher Education Certification Board, IRT Nanoelec is overhauling its strategy for the 2020–2025 period. The education and training program, headed by GEM’s Sylvie Blanco and Grenoble Institute of Technology’s Youla Morfouli, will narrow its focus to fewer, but more ambitious programs developed […] >>

What happens when you take a water electrolysis cell, add some nickel-encapsulated iron carbide nanoparticles, and apply an alternative high-frequency magnetic field to the whole thing? The catalytic activity inside the unit is several times what you usually get! Researchers at LEPMI and INSA Toulouse recently completed proof-of-concept testing of the phenomenon. They hope that […] >>

Leti recently successfully completed field testing on a low-energy, long-range 5G communications technology (LWPA) for the Internet of Things. The technology has achieved better results than commercially-available solutions in terms of range, energy consumption, and data transmission speeds, which are compatible with the target applications.  Data transmission speeds are between 4 kbit/s and 3 Mbits/s. […] >>

MEMS are expensive to develop: Each new component requires its own fabrication processes. Leti has been working to develop generic manufacturing processes (M&NEMS) since 2010. A new partnership with a major industrial company could have M&NEMS ready for batch fabrication within three years. As the name suggests, M&NEMS combines microelectromechanical parts and a 250 nm-diameter […] >>

Construction on the future Open Innovation Center (as it has been temporarily named) began on Nelson Mandela Square in May. The 3,500 sq. m, three-story building is slated for delivery in mid-2019. It will host 70 people working on CEA Tech’s collaborative innovation programs and will also be home to a showroom and prototyping workshop. […] >>