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Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) produces much more than just images. The TEM equipment at the CEA nanocharacterization platform (PFNC) provides detailed information on the chemistry of the materials analyzed. And, to make sure that the platform’s equipment stays at the international state of the art, two transmission electron microscopes have been upgraded with advanced analysis […] >>

Imagine an electron as fast as Usain Bolt! Sabrina Fadloun had the jury—and the entire audience—hanging on her every word at the Grenoble-Alpes University finals of the MT 180 (My Thesis in 180 Seconds, inspired by the Three Minute Thesis®) competition held at MINATEC on April 13. Two other PhD candidates from Grenoble Institute of […] >>

Grenoble Institute of Technology’s Phelma engineering school and the University of Bristol (England) recently signed a nuclear energy partnership. The two institutions had previously been ERASMUS partners for several years. Nuclear energy is a high-growth field in southwestern England, where French electric utility EDF is building two EPR™ pressurized-water-type reactors that will be commissioned in […] >>

Residents of Grenoble’s Presqu’île district will get a chance to tour Clinatec on July 3 and GreEn-ER (run by Grenoble Institute of Technology) on July 4. Visitors will be greeted by Heiko Buchholz, a performing artist from the “Un euro ne fait pas le printemps” theater troupe on special assignment for the Ministry of Happiness, […] >>

A total of ten projects will go head to head at the Inno’Cup Junior finals at MINATEC on July 11 and 12. Teen innovators (aged 15–18) will present a wide variety of product and service prototypes of their own design that include Eggyourt (an egg-based yogurt for the lactose intolerant), I-Zheimer (a connected bracelet to […] >>