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True to form, Ideas Laboratory will cross the boundaries between scientific disciplines and cultures at Ideas Days 2019, to be held on July 4 and 5, 2019. This year’s topic is “Technology and resilience: Utopia or balancing act?”. The event will interrogate whether or not science and technology can create hope and meaning in a […] >>

Dr. Alim-Louis Benabid needs no introduction. The neurosurgeon, physicist, and founder of the Clinatec biomedical research center will be the speaker at the 400th Midi MINATEC brown-bag lunch series on September 13, 2019. A member of the prestigious French Academy of Science and 2014 winner of the Lasker Award (known as America’s Nobel Prize) for […] >>

A special Startup Café was held on March 21 to kick off the Challenge First Step competition. The next Startup Café is schedule for Thursday, June 6, 2019 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Maison MINATEC. The topic will be “Scaling up for manufacturing: the keys to success.” Scale-up expert Thierry Chavigner, VP Manufacturing, […] >>

Quantum error-correcting codes were developed by mathematicians to check the variability of the state of each qubit. But are the codes relevant in practical terms? A physicist at IRIG investigated the issue and his conclusions are not optimistic. He noted that the theories use error models that fail to factor in errors that are rare, […] >>

Researchers from LMGP and Leti tested OLEDs developed by Leti for microdisplays for toxicity to determine whether the OLEDs could be used in biological environments. The researchers monitored the growth of two cultures (one cellular and one bacterial) in which an OLED had been placed and compared growth to control cultures. They found that the […] >>