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June 2019

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Error-correcting codes: Is the quantum computer possible?

Quantum error-correcting codes were developed by mathematicians to check the variability of the state of each qubit. But are the codes...

Micro-LEDs: Low-cost mass production within reach

In mid-May Leti presented a promising micro-LED fabrication technology at a conference in the United States. The technology would make it...

Progress toward 3D-printed electronic circuits

Imagine 3D printing antennas and connections between components or sensors directly onto plastic enclosures or other plastic parts. LGP2* and IMEP-LaHC...

Deep learning a threat to hardware encryption

Deep learning could be used to crack the encryption codes used to safeguard secure products. Leti’s CESTI* studied the threat in...

A new step forward toward very-high-density magnetic storage

Grenoble-based researchers from IRIG working at ESRF successfully obtained a single layer of graphene on single-crystal iridium with a periodicity of...

Miniaturized chemical sensor integrated on silicon

Researchers from Leti successfully integrated a high-performance chemical sensor on silicon. The system’s quantum cascade lasers, photoacoustic cell, and photonic circuit...

Aledia invests in own R&D facility

Aledia has been housed at MINATEC Entreprises for seven years. Today, the company is investing €20 million in a 4,000 sq. m facility in Echirolles, near Grenoble. The new facility, which will be equipped with Aledia’s own machines, will be dedicated to R&D as Aledia prepares to launch production within the next two years.

Compared to the OLEDs and liquid crystals in today’s displays, Aledia’s silicon nanowire LEDs offer higher brightness and...

Interview

Interview: Marie Caillaux talks about her experience “sharing science” with elementary-school children,

We kept the focus on hands-on learning!

First-year Phelma student Marie Caillaux talks about her experience “sharing science” with elementary-school children

Why would a 20-year-old engineering student want to get involved with a bunch of ten-year-olds?

I liked the idea of having to figure out how to explain things and convey my passion for science. I chose “sustainable cities” as my topic. We worked with my partner (another Phelma student) and high-school juniors involved in the project to focus in...

MRAM memory gets new recipe

Researchers at Spintec have come up with a new way to improve MRAM memory retention, using tungsten instead of tantalum in...

OLEDs undergo biocompatibility testing

Researchers from LMGP and Leti tested OLEDs developed by Leti for microdisplays for toxicity to determine whether the OLEDs could be...

Patents: CEA remains very active

France’s National Industrial Property Institute (INPI) released its 2018 ranking of patent filers. The CEA held on to its fourth-place ranking,...

LMGP: Daniel Bellet named Scientific Director of Carnot energy institute

On March 1, Daniel Bellet (LMGP, Phelma) succeeded François Weiss as Scientific Director of Institut Carnot Énergies du Futur. He will...

Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma increasingly international

Grenoble Institute of Technology’s Phelma engineering school is aiming for 100% international mobility. To achieve this goal, the school is actively...

Deposition techniques: ALD gains traction

Atomic layer deposition (ALD) has become a technique of choice for depositing very thin films. However, the technique does have the...

IRIG researchers awarded three ERC Advanced grants

Of the 31 ERC Advanced grants awarded by the European Research Council (ERC) to researchers in France at the end of...

French Chemistry Society recognizes young researcher from Phelma

Vivien Gatard graduated from Grenoble Institute of Technology’s Phelma engineering school in 2018. He recently won the French Chemistry Society’s “Master’s...

The Startup Café is back!

A special Startup Café was held on March 21 to kick off the Challenge First Step competition. The next Startup Café...

Ginsen summer school to welcome 30 international participants

Grenoble Institute of Technology will host 30 students and teachers from around the globe (the United States, Australia, China, India, Nigeria,...

ESONN 2019 garners 200 applications for 50 slots

The 2019 edition of ESONN* garnered more than 200 applications from PhD candidates and junior researchers from around the world for...

Puya Internationale moves headquarters to Grenoble

Puya Internationale, a non-profit dedicated to scientific cooperation, was founded in 2004. The group recently moved its headquarters from Cachan to...

E-health: Ludocare to deliver 500 companion robots in September

Lyon-based startup Ludocare was co-founded in 2017 by ENSPG (now Phelma) alumnae Élodie Loisel, who is currently the company’s VP R&D....

Dr. Alim-Louis Benabid to speak at 400th Midi MINATEC brown-bag lunch series

Dr. Alim-Louis Benabid needs no introduction. The neurosurgeon, physicist, and founder of the Clinatec biomedical research center will be the speaker...

Ideas Days 2019 to delve into technology and resilience

True to form, Ideas Laboratory will cross the boundaries between scientific disciplines and cultures at Ideas Days 2019, to be held...