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June 2012
Astrophysics gets an optical boost
Scientists at the Grenoble Astrophysics Institute recently made a major advancement in telescope technology by replacing conventional mirror-and-lens systems with Leti’s...
Leti unveils a 10 Gb/s integrated transmitter-on-silicon
Leti and III-V Lab have marked a major step forward in silicon photonics by combining onto a single chip a hybrid...
Silicon micro-needles deliver painless injections
Painful vaccinations will become a thing of the past thanks to a clever new invention from Swiss medical device maker Debiotech....
Grenoble nanowires take center stage in Atlanta
A second-year PhD student from IMEP-LAHC is currently performing a six-month research assignment under Dr. Zhong Lin Wang at Georgia Tech...
Cleaner graphene powder has arrived
INAC researchers have developed an improved graphite exfoliation process that generates a graphene powder totally free of any type of metallic...
Understanding the shape of red blood cells
Why do some hollow biological objects (like red blood cells and pollen grains) lose their rounded form to take on a...
MINATEC launches turnkey lab service worldwide
MINATEC recently introduced a new turnkey laboratory service—the only one of its kind in the world—inspired by the CIME Nanotech joint lab between Grenoble Institute of Technology and Joseph Fourier University. This service, called Nanolab, is intended for governments wishing to spur technological innovation in their countries. Experts from the French Atomic and Alternative Energy Commission (CEA), CIME Nanotech, and Grenoble-based engineering firm 40-30 work with government agencies to set up...
“Japanese innovation is back, stronger than ever”
You’ve been representing Leti in Japan since 2007. What changes have you seen since Fukushima?
Manufacturing in the country basically stopped between March and September 2011 while companies were repairing and restructuring their plants. But things have definitely picked up since then, with sharply faster innovation cycles. The Japanese want to recover the ground lost to their competitors. And since electricity prices have shot...
More efficient processors thanks to magnetism
Scientists have found that by adding advanced magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) to frequency demodulators, they can cut the power requirements of...
A truly miniature high-resolution magnetometer
Leti has developed a miniature version of its high-resolution helium 4 magnetometer that offers state-of-the-art sensitivity on a gas sample of...
3D integration meets 4G
The ultra-high bandwidth Wide I/O interface developed by Leti and ST-Ericsson will soon be used in a promising new way: to...
Leti set to make greater use of ESRF’s D2AM beamline
Leti has recently entered into a partnership agreement with ESRF to increase its usage of the D2AM beamline. The two research...
Grenoble’s iGEM team ready to select a project
The cross-university team that will represent Grenoble in the 2012 iGEM synthetic biology competition is gearing up to make its final...
Phelma’s management team gets a makeover
Following the appointment or election of three of Phelma’s senior managers to the Grenoble Institute of Technology management team—Anne Vilcot as...
LMGP gets a confocal AFM
The Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory (LMGP) is now the proud owner of an atomic-force microscope (AFM) coupled with a fluorescence...
Nanotech meets biotech at the MIGAS® summer school
The 2012 MIGAS® international summer school on advanced microelectronics will bring together 50 research and teaching faculty, PhD students, and industry...
LMGP beefs up its staff
LMGP’s Biological Matter & Materials Team, headed by biophysicist Dr. Catherine Picart, will soon have the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Thomas...
BeSpoon invents the pico-GPS
BeSpoon’s cutting-edge technology can locate items or individuals to within a few centimeters, either indoors or out. This impressive feat is...
IRT Nanoelec slated for €160 million of government funding
The IRT Nanoelec research institute was founded on April 11, 2012 through a joint venture between the French National Research Agency...
Interview: Thomas Iljic of CEA-Tech in Tokyo
“Japanese innovation is back, stronger than ever”
You’ve been representing Leti in Japan since 2007. What changes have you seen since...
Phelminaire puts the spotlight on teaching in 2012
The fourth annual Phelminaire—a day devoted to recognizing the hard work done by the Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma faculty and administration—will...
Phelma graduates make a splash in the job market
According to the latest job placement survey of top-tier French universities (by the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles), nearly 80% of the...
Dasein Interactions revolutionizes city planning models
If you’ve seen the GIANT model in the DRT showroom, then you are already familiar with Dasein Interactions’ work. This start-up,...
Paris engineering students spend a day at the CEA
Two École Centrale Paris professors—Dr. Emmanuel Defaÿ and Dr. Alexandre Reinhardt—brought their second-year materials process engineering students to MINATEC for a...
Wavelens cuts the cost of smartphone autofocus
The tiny motors that power the autofocus on smartphone cameras could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to technology...
Engineers and scientists—want to try your hand at teaching?
Faced with an explosion in the number of tutorials and lab courses being offered to its first-year students, Grenoble Institute of...
ImmunID makes its mark in oncology
Grenoble-based start-up ImmunID is presenting the results of clinical trials on its Lymphodivpenia biomarker at the prestigious American Society of Clinical...
Mark your calendars for the fifth Phelma Partners Day
Some 40 companies and nearly 800 students are expected at this year’s Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma Partners Day on October 18,...
Diabolo: embedding electronics in fine threads
Recently, three engineers from Leti began exploring the idea of a start-up to develop and commercialize a technology called Diabolo. The...
Manufacturers help shape academics at Phelma
As at all Grenoble Institute of Technology schools, each academic program at Phelma undergoes a periodic review. Last year, the Electrochemistry...