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February 2013
Spintec reinvents the electronic compass
Spintec has just completed the first prototype of its patented integrated 3D compass. This innovation stands to overturn the existing technology,...
Femtocell base stations could require 20% to 40% less energy
Leti recently cut the energy requirement of a femtocell base station’s radiofrequency transmission head by 20% to 40%, for a power...
Uranium renews hope for monomolecular magnets
After years of research on monomolecular magnets (also called magnetic molecules), scientists have renewed hope that such molecules could one day...
Vibration energy harvesting: Leti files three patents
Spintronic devices in germanium—at room temperature
We could one day see electronic components that combine electric and magnetic currents. A Grenoble-based team of researchers from INAC, UJF,...
Memory: Leti researchers observe GST
Germanium-Antimony-Tellurium, or GST, is a phase-change material that passes from an amorphous to a crystalline state at temperatures of 100°C to...
Micro and nanoelectronics design: Grenoble Institute of Technology to propose new apprenticeship program
In March, Grenoble Institute of Technology will present its pioneering new three-year initial training program to the Rhône-Alpes regional government. The new program would give micro and nanoelectronics design students hands-on learning opportunities through apprenticeships with companies in the industry. And Grenoble is home to a substantial number of high-tech companies—STMicroelectronics, Dolphin Integration, Asygn, Tiempo, and many others—likely to participate in the program.
Participating companies have a lot to gain. First, they...
Leti duo wins Général Ferrié electronics award
Leti researchers Olivier Faynot and Claire Fenouillet-Béranger, along with two engineers from STMicroelectronics, won the 2012 Général Ferrié research in electronics...
Prestodiag brings home new awards
The good news just keeps coming for Prestodiag, a start-up founded in 2012 to develop advanced INAC-ISB bacteria-detection technology. In the...
Microwaves and photonics to come together in the Vercors this summer
The MIGAS international summer school on microelectronics will be held on June 22–28, 2013 in Autrans (on the Vercors plateau). Around...
CEA-Grenoble enters Rhône-Alpes Challenge
Sponsored by the Rhône-Alpes regional government, the Rhône-Alpes Challenge brings together seven outdoor sporting events: cross-country and downhill skiing, mountain biking,...
MINATEC hosts 150 micro and nanoelectronics PhD students
Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma has the honor of hosting the 16th National PhD in Micro and Nanotechnologies Network Day (JNRDM), an...
The Titan Ultimate delivers
A European Research Council program on single dopant detection by holography has given the Titan Ultimate transmission microscope yet another chance...
Grenoble Institute of Technology focuses on women in engineering
On March 7, 2013, Grenoble Institute of Technology will hold a conference on the role of women engineers in businesses—the first...
Atom probe tomography getting closer to artefact-free 3D reconstruction
Under the French National Research Agency (ANR) Aptitude program, which kicked-off in January 2013, Leti plans to develop artefact-free 3D reconstruction...
Nanomedicine: ETPN appoints new Executive Committee
Patrick Boisseau, head of CEA-Leti’s nanomedicine program, was elected President of the European Technology Platform for Nanomedicine (ETPN) on December 5,...
Grenoble Institute of Technology moves up in rankings
The 2013 L’Etudiant-L’Express engineering school rankings were published in mid-December 2012. Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma moved up four slots from the...
PhD students, save the date: 2013 Junior Scientist and Industry Annual Meeting
Solar Decathlon award-winning prototype to come to MINATEC
The team that represented the Rhône-Alpes region in the Solar Decathlon Europe 2012 competition will soon present its Canopea® solar home...
Interview with Grenoble Institute of Technology’s Fanny Poinsotte*
“Some 1,500 young people benefitted from our school outreach programs last year.”
From nanoscience classes and a robotics competition to the Science...
INAC looks at solar cell dyes
KaïronKem, which specializes in custom synthesis, now sells a line of purely organic dyes (orange, red, and purple) developed by INAC....
Patrick Duréault elected Chairman of Phelma Board
Patrick Duréault, the General Manager of STMicroelectronics’ Grenoble facility, was elected Chairman of the Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma Board on December...
Everything you need to know about your Grenoble Institute of Technology application
The first-ever “Grenoble Institute of Technology Information Day” will be held at Ense3 on February 16, 2013, from 9 a.m. to...
Phelma Junior Consultants to reach out to more businesses in 2013
Phelma Junior Consultants, the school’s student-run consulting club, plans to reach out to more businesses in 2013 to help students refine...
Clinatec continues to expand
The Clinatec R&D center has completed the major renovation work necessary to bring its facilities into compliance. The revamped center is...
Mobile telephony: Leti looking at 5G
The future 5G mobile telephony standard will probably not be operational until 2020. However, Leti—which recently completed two EU-funded research projects...
CEA Tech regional offices on the front lines
CEA Tech’s regional branches in Nantes, Bordeaux, and Toulouse have been working hard since early January to build ties with the...
CEA-Grenoble to host KETs Summit on February 7, 2013
The Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) Summit—to be held at CEA-Grenoble on February 7, 2013—aims to spur crucial programs to get Europe...
Professional ethics competition open to students
The Rotary Club and the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles consortium will hold the 9th annual “Promoting Professional Ethics” competition this year...