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A European Research Council program on single dopant detection by holography has given the Titan Ultimate transmission microscope yet another chance to prove its worth. The microscope, installed at PFNC in October 2011, delivers resolutions of 50 picometers, allowing researchers to see things they never could before. They can now use new techniques like chemical […] >>

The Rotary Club and the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles consortium will hold the 9th annual “Promoting Professional Ethics” competition this year under the patronage of UNESCO. The competition is open to students from three years post high-school to PhD level. The competition participants—tomorrow’s decision makers—must write a five-page essay (individual or as a group) defending […] >>

On March 7, 2013, Grenoble Institute of Technology will hold a conference on the role of women engineers in businesses—the first event of its kind at the school. Today women account for just 20% of all engineers at the Grenoble Institute of Technology as well as in French companies. Businesses would like to achieve a […] >>

Under the French National Research Agency (ANR) Aptitude program, which kicked-off in January 2013, Leti plans to develop artefact-free 3D reconstruction methods for atom probe tomography. The research will lay the groundwork for the future 14 nm technology node and its new FINFET architectures and FD-SOI transistors. Scientists will need new characterization tools if they […] >>

Patrick Boisseau, head of CEA-Leti’s nanomedicine program, was elected President of the European Technology Platform for Nanomedicine (ETPN) on December 5, 2012. The new Vice President, also French, is Nanobiotix CEO Laurent Lévy. Founded in 2005, ETPN is coordinated by the European Commission and industry representatives to promote nanotechnology applications in medicine. The organization serves […] >>