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Ghent, 8 May 2025 – When an asteroid as big as Mount Everest struck Earth 66 million years ago, it wiped out all non-avian dinosaurs and roughly a third of life on the planet. But many plants survived the devastation. In a new study in Cell,…

The European Commission has appointed the new members of the ERC Identification Committee.This independent committee plays a key role in identifying and recommending appointments of future members of the ERC Scientific Council.

The ERC Scientific Council has listened to the concerns from members of the research community about the recent announcement on changes to the re-submission rules. The changes, intended to manage the surge in demand for ERC grants, pertain to calls…

The ERC plans to launch the grant competitions under its 2027 Work Programme between July 2026 and June 2027, with the calls for proposals introducing several changes to the eligibility rules for applications.

The text of an open letter sent by ERC President Maria Leptin to ERC panel members, grantees and other stakeholders on 16 April 2026.

At the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), researchers resemble blacksmiths as they work with bacteria. When placed in water, E. coli help form gel-like aggregates and, as now demonstrated by the Materiali Molli Lab, can rotate tiny…

The European Research Council (ERC) has released a new white paper examining the persistent gap in participation and success rates between Europe’s strongest research systems and a group of countries performing less well, the 'widening countries'…

Today, scientists at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) have transported a device containing antiprotons by truck across the laboratory’s main site, showing a new way to handle these particles. Researchers will use this capability…