News : MINATEC

Global 5G rollout may still only be in its early stages, but researchers are already investigating the next generation in communications technology. The EU Rise-6G project, coordinated by CEA-Leti, kicked off at the end of January. The project’s consortium of twelve partners, which includes global telecommunications operator Orange, the French national center for scientific research […] >>

Phelma was able to physically welcome first-year students to school on campus on September 11. With social distancing and other Covid-19 measures in effect, the first day of school was unlike any other. Three auditoriums were prepared (with every other seat left open) to welcome the incoming first-year class. The students may have missed out […] >>

The Covid-19 pandemic has not kept startups commercializing MINATEC technologies from raising funds. From June to September six MINATEC startups announced fundraising rounds for a total of €38 million in fresh capital.MagIA Diagnostics (€3 million) is now positioned to scale up its portable HIV and hepatitis B and C screening device. Apix Analytics (€5 million) […] >>

France began easing its Covid-19 restrictions almost two months ago. As we move into summer, life on the MINATEC campus is gradually returning to normal. Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma students will not return to campus until at least September. The school’s faculty and staff are back, however, but with a maximum of 40% of a […] >>

The global coronavirus pandemic has arrived in France, and in mid-March the nation went on lockdown until further notice, putting much of the activity on the MINATEC campus on standby. For the first time in the CEA Grenoble campus’ history, which dates back to 1957, all non-essential activities have been curtailed. Major laboratories IMEP-LAHC and […] >>