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On January 19 researchers from across the Rhône-Alpes region attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new FEG-TEM microscope on the St. Martin d’Hères campus. The microscope, manufactured by JEOL, offers spatial resolution of 2.3 Å in TEM mode and 2 Å in STEM mode. It also boasts powerful chemical imaging capabilities and is suitable for […] >>

Grenoble-based start-up Aryballe Technologies has created the Odoramap, an online world map of scents that users can view and enrich from any smartphone or tablet. Perfect if you want to get lost in the smells on the streets of San Francisco, breathe in the aroma of a high-altitude forest in Bolivia, or share the fragrance […] >>

Effective on December 15, 2015 Marie-Paule Schuhl succeeded Xavier Oster as head of the Grenoble Institute of Technology communications department. Schuhl and her seven-person department will support the school’s international development strategy, including promoting the school’s partnerships internationally. The development of the new Grenoble-Alps University will also be a major focus for the department. During […] >>

Phelma students rushed to newsstands to pick up the December 2014-January 2015 issue of l’Étudiant magazine. Why the interest? Four of their very own were featured (relaxed and smiling!) on the cover—and for good reason. Phelma placed high in the magazine’s 2015 engineering-school rankings. The ranking analyzed France’s 165 nationally-accredited engineering schools, sharing the sixth […] >>

Bordeaux-based EVTronic recently formed three-year, €1.5-million a joint R&D lab with CEA-Leti. The lab’s first objective is to develop a 30 kW parallel-wired battery pack demonstrator by the end of 2015. The battery pack would be hooked up to the grid and would provide additional electricity during peak electricity demand. The joint lab is leveraging […] >>