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December 06 2022
Wormsensing raises €3.5 M to fund pilot line
- Industry
- News
- Research
Wormsensing, a CEA-Leti startup founded in 2020, has recently raised €3.5 M in fresh capital. The company’s ultrathin piezoelectric vibration sensors, designed to measure warping, can be installed on any component or surface in mere minutes. The sensitivity level of the sensors is one thousand times that of standard strain gauges, for one-tenth of the […] >>
December 06 2022
Cybersecurity: Schneider Electric signs on for three more years
- Industry
- News
- Research
Schneider Electric and the CEA have extended their cybersecurity partnership (a joint lab with dedicated premises and equipment) for at least three more years. Schneider Electric hopes to improve the security of its energy management and industrial automation products. Cyberattacks, which are becoming increasingly widespread and sophisticated, can slow production, damage machines, or reveal sensitive […] >>
December 05 2022
Fame Master’s program to include AI
- Education
- News
- Research
The Erasmus Mundus Fame international master’s program, coordinated by Grenoble INP – Phelma, UGA, has a new component and a new name. The FameAIS program will cover artificial intelligence (AI) tools, used to accelerate the development of functional materials, optimize their properties and performance, and ensure that final designs enable sustainable solutions. The AI elements […] >>
December 05 2022
Semiconductors: CEA ranks 4th among European patent filers
- Industry
- MINATEC
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- Research
European patent applications are booming in the semiconductor industry, with an increase of 21% in 2021 alone. The biggest contributors to this increase are multinational companies: The latest edition of the EPO’s* annual innovation barometer places Samsung, Intel, and TSMC in first, second, and third place. The CEA, at number four, is the highest-ranked European […] >>
December 05 2022
Vibration: new hope in the fight against cancer
- Innovation & Society
- News
- Research
Researchers from Irig and Inserm recently made a surprising and promising discovery: Cancerous cells die spontaneously (apoptosis) on contact with magnetic particles vibrating at between 2 Hz and 5 Hz under the influence of an external field. The phenomenon is being investigated further by a Spintec-LTM PhD candidate, who is measuring the forces at work […] >>