News : innovation

June 04 2018

Cycling: Detecting hidden electric motors

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In research conducted under a contract between the CEA and UCI (the world’s governing body for professional cycling), Leti is developing a system capable of detecting an electric motor hidden in a bicycle in real time. The researchers are planning to develop a lightweight, compact, and reliable embedded tracker. They selected a magnetometer to detect […] >>

June 04 2018

Bioactive surfaces and bone regeneration: LMGP’s winning track record

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  • MINATEC
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LMGP has been working on bioactive surfaces for bone regeneration for a decade. Today, the lab is internationally-recognized as a leader on the subject. It all started when biophysicist Catherine Picart came to LMGP in 2008. The story continued with four European Research Council grants, dozens of publications, three patents, and—more recently—planned startup Regenerbone. In […] >>

June 04 2018

Progress toward less toxic, more affordable hydrogen photosynthesis

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Researchers at INAC and Grenoble-Alpes University recently demonstrated that it is possible to efficiently produce hydrogen using artificial photosynthesis in solution without the need for toxic, expensive photosensitizing agents. The researchers used nanocrystals with a copper sulfide and indium core protected by a zinc and sulfur shell, plus a cobalt-based molecular catalyst. They produced hydrogen […] >>

June 04 2018

Nano@school sets new record in 2018

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  • MINATEC
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Nano@school, a CIME Nanotech program for high school juniors enrolled in the science track, has been held at MINATEC since 2010. This year nearly 800 students from 25 high schools (including three international high schools) enrolled, setting a record for Nano@school! Back in 2010, Nano@school was an experimental program offered to just two Grenoble-area high […] >>

April 01 2018

Winter Olympics: innovation medal for Grenoble’s 5G technology

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Leti, which is coordinating the Europe-Korea 5GChampion consortium, gave a stellar performance at the Winter Olympics. In a world first, Leti and its partners successfully completed intercontinental proof-of-concept testing of the 5G network. The network, made up of terrestrial base stations, millimeter-wave multi-beam antennas, and a satellite emulator, enabled thousands of visitors to the Winter […] >>
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