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A microrobot reaches its first target and continues toward a second one by following a newly imagined path.

Teaching microrobots to dream

Imagine a microrobot navigating the vessels of the human brain by learning from its own dreams. Researchers led by Daniel Ahmed, Professor of Acoustic Robotics for Life Sciences and Healthcare at ETH Zurich’s Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (D-MAVT), have…
Imagine a microrobot navigating the vessels of the human brain by learning from its own dreams. Researchers led by Daniel Ahmed, Professor of Acoustic Robotics for Life Sciences and Healthcare at ETH Zurich’s Department of Mechanical and Process…
Imagine a microrobot navigating the vessels of the human brain by learning from its own dreams. Researchers led by Daniel Ahmed, Professor of Acoustic Robotics for Life Sciences and Healthcare at ETH Zurich’s Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (D-MAVT), have…
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Advanced Grants 2024: Examples of projects

The 2024 Advanced Grants will help 281 researchers from 23 countries to set up their own teams and conduct research on the topics of their choice. To illustrate the variety of supported research, we selected five examples of projects proposed by…
The 2024 Advanced Grants will help 281 researchers from 23 countries to set up their own teams and conduct research on the topics of their choice. To illustrate the variety of…
The 2024 Advanced Grants will help 281 researchers from 23 countries to set up their own teams and conduct research on the topics of their choice. To…
The 2024 Advanced Grants will help 281 researchers from 23 countries to set up their own teams and conduct research on the topics of their choice. To illustrate the variety…
The 2024 Advanced Grants will help 281 researchers from 23 countries to set up their own teams and conduct research on the…
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New method developed to study mechanical proteins linked to muscular disorders

Researchers at the Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC) have developed a method to analyse the mechanical functions of proteins through controlled cleavage. The study, published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, shows a causal…
Researchers at the Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC) have developed a method to analyse the mechanical functions of proteins through controlled cleavage. The…
Researchers at the Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC) have developed a method to analyse the mechanical functions of proteins…
Researchers at the Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC) have developed a method to analyse the mechanical functions of proteins through controlled…
Researchers at the Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC) have developed a method to analyse the…
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ERC grantee wins EMBO Gold Medal 2025

The EMBO Gold Medal 2025 has been awarded to David Bikard, Institut Pasteur, France, for his pioneering work on gene editing, including his recent editing of a target bacterial population directly in the gut of mice. He shares the award with another…
The EMBO Gold Medal 2025 has been awarded to David Bikard, Institut Pasteur, France, for his pioneering work on gene editing, including his recent editing of a target bacterial…
The EMBO Gold Medal 2025 has been awarded to David Bikard, Institut Pasteur, France, for his pioneering work on gene editing, including his recent…
The EMBO Gold Medal 2025 has been awarded to David Bikard, Institut Pasteur, France, for his pioneering work on gene editing, including his recent editing of a target…
The EMBO Gold Medal 2025 has been awarded to David Bikard, Institut Pasteur, France, for his pioneering work on gene editing…
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ERC Proof of Concept Grants: Targeted investment, big innovation return

A new report reveals how the ERC Proof of Concept (PoC) Grants are turning frontier research into real-world solutions. With just 1% of the ERC’s total budget - €259 million between 2014 and 2023 - some 1700 PoC projects have delivered impressive…
A new report reveals how the ERC Proof of Concept (PoC) Grants are turning frontier research into real-world solutions. With just 1% of the ERC’s total budget - €259 million between…
A new report reveals how the ERC Proof of Concept (PoC) Grants are turning frontier research into real-world solutions. With just 1% of the ERC’s…
A new report reveals how the ERC Proof of Concept (PoC) Grants are turning frontier research into real-world solutions. With just 1% of the ERC’s total budget - €259 million…
A new report reveals how the ERC Proof of Concept (PoC) Grants are turning frontier research into real-world solutions. With…
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Changes to the 2026 and 2027 Work Programmes

With the launch of the competitions for grants under ERC Work Programme 2026 in July of this year, several changes to the submission of applications and the evaluation of proposals will apply. The main novelties for 2026, as well as the longer-term…
With the launch of the competitions for grants under ERC Work Programme 2026 in July of this year, several changes to the submission of applications and the evaluation of proposals…
With the launch of the competitions for grants under ERC Work Programme 2026 in July of this year, several changes to the submission of applications…
With the launch of the competitions for grants under ERC Work Programme 2026 in July of this year, several changes to the submission of applications and the evaluation of…
With the launch of the competitions for grants under ERC Work Programme 2026 in July of this year, several changes to the…
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ERC grantee wins the Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine

2025 Shaw Prize honours ERC-funded research in molecular imaging
2025 Shaw Prize honours ERC-funded research in molecular imaging
2025 Shaw Prize honours ERC-funded research in molecular imaging
2025 Shaw Prize honours ERC-funded research in molecular imaging
2025 Shaw Prize honours ERC-funded research in molecular imaging

Increased ERC funding for top global researchers moving to Europe now confirmed

The European Research Council (ERC) decision to increase its support for leading researchers moving to Europe has today been formally adopted. On top of its standard grants, the ERC offers additional 'start-up' funding to help new grantees establish…
The European Research Council (ERC) decision to increase its support for leading researchers moving to Europe has today been formally adopted. On top of its standard grants, the ERC…
The European Research Council (ERC) decision to increase its support for leading researchers moving to Europe has today been formally adopted. On top…
The European Research Council (ERC) decision to increase its support for leading researchers moving to Europe has today been formally adopted. On top of its standard grants,…
The European Research Council (ERC) decision to increase its support for leading researchers moving to Europe has today been…
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355 million-year-old footprints rewrite the history of backboned land animals

Newly discovered fossilised footprints with long toes and claws have been found in a rock slab from Australia. The discovery pushes the origin of reptiles back by 35 million years and overthrows the established evolutionary timeline of backboned…
Newly discovered fossilised footprints with long toes and claws have been found in a rock slab from Australia. The discovery pushes the origin of reptiles back by 35 million years and…
Newly discovered fossilised footprints with long toes and claws have been found in a rock slab from Australia. The discovery pushes the origin of…
Newly discovered fossilised footprints with long toes and claws have been found in a rock slab from Australia. The discovery pushes the origin of reptiles back by 35 million…
Newly discovered fossilised footprints with long toes and claws have been found in a rock slab from Australia. The discovery…
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