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October 2013
Gold nanoparticles help fight brain tumors
Imagine eradicating brain tumors by injecting them with gold nanoparticles and activating the particles with synchrotron radiation. That’s the groundbreaking new...
Bacteria stand out under ultra-sensitive NMR
Dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP)—which increases the sensitivity of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) by anywhere from 10 to 1,000 times—is once again...
Dye-sensitized solar cells achieve over 10% yields
With a 10.2% energy conversion yield versus 6% for the previous generation, the dye-sensitized solar cells developed by INAC researchers have...
Manipulated images fool detection systems
Using advanced image restoration techniques, miscreants can now fool detection systems into thinking manipulated JPEG images are the real thing. That’s...
Four-junction concentrated solar cell delivers 43.6% yield
Engineers from Soitec, Leti, and Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems have developed a four-junction concentrated solar cell with an...
Quantum dots blow their own horns
Researchers from INAC and the Technical University of Denmark have developed a trumpet-shaped microscopic antenna that can extract 75% of the...
Non-destructive surface testing goes 50 nm deep
In a world first, a team of French and Danish researchers from Leti and STMicroelectronics successfully performed non-destructive testing on a CMOS stack layer embedded at a depth of more than 50 nm, locating it to within 10% accuracy.
The team, working at ESRF, used X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy—a method until now used exclusively for extreme surface testing (depths of less than 10 nm). The researchers combined their method with a...
Philippe Michallon, Head of SPICE *
« We want to leverage our showroom to better promote our technologies »
You have several initiatives underway for your showroom. What are their key aims?
Between 5,000 and 6,000 people visit our showroom every year, 90% of them from outside the CEA. It’s been a huge success and we want to leverage that further by staying in closer contact with companies after they visit. Managers...
Coming soon: a fully-microelectronic CO2 sensor
Leti is planning to develop an optical CO2 sensor using all-MEMS technology, including an emitter, detector, and infrared optical system. It...
Hydrogen catalysis may be possible with enzymes instead of platinum
Could enzymes like hydrogenases be used instead of costly platinum as hydrogen catalysts? The answer could be yes, according to research...
Grenoble proud to host Conférence des grandes écoles for the first time
Some 200 presidents from France’s top-tier universities will come to Grenoble on October 10–11, 2013 for a meeting of the prestigious...
Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma packs in a full freshman class
Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma welcomed 382 freshmen to its campus this September, along with ten students in the new micro and...
Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma restructures its biomedical program
The Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma program in Systems and Microsystems for Physics and Biotechnology is now ten years old and ready...
Zero PoVa project tackles quantum nanoelectronics
The Zero PoVa project (for zero power, zero variability) is a 5-year project launched on June 1, 2013 to develop CMOS...
Seven projects selected for the 2013 Challenge First Step
Of the thirteen projects submitted in June for this year’s Challenge First Step (to support promising business ideas), seven were selected:...
Real families test energy-independent homes
How do households manage their electricity use when all their energy comes from solar power? To find out, a Grenoble research...
Five Grenoble business ideas win French government funding
So far 2013 has been a great year for MINATEC start-ups: five were selected to receive funding under the French government’s...
The Nano@school website now online
Nano@school, a fun, hands-on program to teach high-schoolers about micro and nanotechnology, now has its own website: www.nanoatschool.org. The...
Winners, pack your bags!
In late October, the three Grenoble area high-school students who won the first French-American Young Innovators Award will head off for...
Interview: Philippe Michallon, Head of SPICE
Philippe Michallon, Head of SPICE *
« We want to leverage our showroom to better promote our technologies »
You have several...
STMicroelectronics and Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma strengthen partnership
On July 4 Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma and STMicroelectronics signed an agreement that will bolster their research and education partnership. Students...
Grenoble-based iSketchnote turns to crowdfunding to raise capital
ISKN, a Leti start-up currently in the incubation phase, has decided to use the crowdfunding site www.kickstarter.com to raise...
GIANT opens its doors during 2013 Science Week
For the first time ever, the GIANT innovation campus will open its doors during France’s national science week. On Saturday, October...
Professor Alim-Louis Benabid earns recognition for Parkinson’s research
Alim-Louis Benabid, MD, PhD, and Chairman of Clinatec, recently won an award from the Michael J. Fox Foundation for leadership in...
Start-up incubation thriving at MINATEC
The economic crisis appears to have spared MINATEC, where an impressive seven start-ups are currently in the incubation phase: Akrivis France...
Learn more about advanced characterization
A conference entitled “Advanced Characterization Techniques: Opportunities for Industry” will be held on November 14 at ILL as part of IRT...
Smart-card security: Leti’s CESTI earns EAL7 accreditation
Leti’s CESTI (center for IT security evaluation) recently earned Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 7 accreditation. The center, which is active in...