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October 2012

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The cyber security arms race continues

Leti’s cyber security research team recently presented the latest findings of its research into two attack mechanisms: lasers and electromagnetic disturbances....

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Real-time, stress-free cell sorting

If you hybridize a macromolecule made of a short oligonucleotide and an antibody on the probes of a DNA chip, you...

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Slow-wave propagation lines on nanowire membranes

An IMEP-LAHC research team has developed a new type of slow-wave propagation line for circuits operating at millimetric and radio frequencies...

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Why electrodes in lithium-ion batteries fail

A recent study at INAC confirmed what scientists had already suspected: the main reason why electrodes in lithium-ion batteries fail is...

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An artificial kidney with its own measuring system

A Leti research team working under the FP7 Nephron project has developed an embedded system for measuring the concentrations of key...

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Better treatment for breast cancer relapses

Thanks to Lymphodivpenia, a biomarker developed by Grenoble-based ImmunID, doctors can offer more targeted treatment to metastatic breast cancer patients suffering...

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Top news

Yes, topological insulators do exist

Do topological insulators—substances that act like insulators on the inside but whose surface contains conducting states—really exist? It would appear so based on experiments conducted on quantum wells just a few nanometers thick, but the findings are difficult to apply to three-dimensional objects. However, now a CNRS-Leti research team has discovered these surprising properties on a sample they created that is several tens of nanometers thick.
This research will be...

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Interview

Interview - Laetitia Rapenne, LMGP,

“Our sample preparation training course is unique in France”

In November 2012, LMGP will offer its transmission electron microscopy (TEM) sample preparation course for the fourth time. What makes the course unique?
The training course covers various sample preparation techniques suitable for both solid and divided samples, such as: tripod mechanical polishing; ionic thinning; focused ion beam (FIB) milling; cleaved corner; nanoparticles in solution; and ultramicrotomy. Companies like Gatan, Escil, and...

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CBRAM that lasts 10 years at 120°C

Despite its many advantages—it is fast, energy efficient, and easy to integrate—conductive-bridging RAM (CBRAM) technology has one weak spot: it can’t...

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The CEA-Magillem joint lab presents its research

Whereas most MINATEC joint labs tend to avoid the spotlight, the MINATEC-Magillem (a provider of electronic documentation systems) lab decided to...

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Breakthrough in measuring nanostructure dopant energy spectra

One of the key challenges of nanoelectronics is measuring dopant energy spectra in silicon nanostructures, because at this scale energy levels...

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Grenoble Institute of Technology gains ground

The new Grenoble Institute of Technology management team is continuing to implement the campus expansion plan established by the outgoing management...

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Grenoble proves fertile ground for Atrenta

US-based Atrenta—the world’s fourth-leading provider of design software for the semiconductor industry—is actively expanding its French subsidiary based at MINATEC. This...

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MINATEC brings home five Innovative Business Start-up awards

Five MINATEC companies and business ideas in 2012—up from three in 2011—were recognized in an award ceremony for innovative new businesses...

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Phelma Junior Consultants kicks off new programs this autumn

For the first time this year, Phelma Junior Consultants’ orientation program will be held over an activity-filled weekend at a chalet...

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CEA supports business start-ups

Just a couple more weeks to go until we find out which ten or so projects have been selected for the...

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Phelma releases 2012 admissions stats

The 2012 first-year cohort at Phelma—Grenoble Institute of Technology’s engineering school—counts 353 students, with approximately half in each of the two...

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Grenoble Institute of Technology students learn about international opportunities

This year engineering students at Grenoble Institute of Technology will get to learn about international opportunities at a new series of...

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Grenoble Institute of Technology’s MSc in Cognitive Sciences turns 20 this year

Grenoble Institute of Technology’s MSc in Cognitive Sciences celebrated its 20th anniversary this summer. This year’s cohort of 12 students was...

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Enertecs to develop nickel-zinc batteries in Grenoble

Enertecs, a start-up that specializes in nickel-zinc batteries, has just set up shop in the MINATEC High-tech Building as part of...

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Alain Cottalorda elected Chairman of MINATEC Entreprises

MINATEC Entreprises, a majority government-owned company, elected a new Chairman at its September 7, 2012 Board of Directors meeting. Alain Cottalorda,...

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Grenoble marks crystallography’s centennial

In the run-up to 2014, the International Year of Crystallography, Grenoble’s scientific community is gearing up to celebrate the 100th anniversary...

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MINATEC’s Director to earn honorary doctorate from Quebec’s INRS university

Quebec’s INRS* university will grant MINATEC Director Jean-Charles Guibert an honorary doctorate degree at the Entretiens Jacques Cartier colloquium in Lyon...

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LIST now featured at the MINATEC showroom

If you are not familiar with the research being done at Paris-based CEA-LIST, then stop by the MINATEC showroom to discover...

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Interview - Laetitia Rapenne, LMGP

“Our sample preparation training course is unique in France”


In November 2012, LMGP will offer its transmission electron microscopy (TEM) sample...

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2012 Science Fair to offer two days of educational activities

MINATEC is gearing up to host the 2012 Science Fair on October 12–13, 2012. This year’s fair will offer something new...

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Leti presents 2011 research results in a series of five reports

If you have been wondering about Leti’s research results for 2011, look no further! The lab has published a series of...

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Avenium Consulting produces competency database for KIC InnoEnergy

MINATEC-based Avenium Consulting, a subsidiary of CEA Investissement, has just finished compiling a massive Europe-wide database of competencies covering 87 manufacturing...

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Leti to showcase its technologies at R&D event Rendez-vous Carnot

Leti will be particularly well represented at this year’s Rendez-vous Carnot, to be held in Lyon on October 3–4, 2012. This...

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Phelma signs new corporate partnerships

Over the past few months Grenoble Institute of Technology’s engineering school, Phelma, has secured three new top-tier corporate partnerships: with Bull...

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Phelma to hold first-ever intercultural workshop

Each year Grenoble Institute of Technology’s engineering school, Phelma, hosts nearly 250 international students (200 undergrads and 50 grad students) from...

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Soon-to-be-hatched start-up LXRepair measures DNA repair activity

INAC is currently incubating a promising new start-up, LXRepair, that should be launched in 2013. LXRepair has developed a new multivariate...

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Submit your project ideas for Phelma first-year engineering students

Phelma is counting on you to submit your ideas for student research projects and lab experiments! First-year students will complete their...

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