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Cambridge University brainpower is fast propelling the city to a world-leading position in the development of transformative battery technology.

CSU Strata, the technology-transfer arm of Colorado State University, has announced nine recipients of a total of $780,000 in state grants to commercialize innovations.

From basic research to clinical application: Research team at the University of Konstanz receives Proof of Concept Grant from the European Research Council for the development of a novel liquid dosimeter

Javier Ramón Azcón, an ICREA research professor and the leader of the Biosensors for Bioengineering group at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), has been granted an "ERC Proof of Concept Grant."

For the processing of materials, lasers are a crucial instrument. They are capable of cutting, welding, and removing material. High-precision microstructures, such as those required for smartphone screens and automobile technologies, may be made using a particular class of lasers called femtosecond lasers.

If reactions for the chemical industry were to take place without solvents, an enormous amount of environmentally harmful or even toxic waste could be saved. Prof. Dr. Lars Borchardt has shown how ...

Several possible applications are held by the smart skin developed by Anna Coclite. The scientist is examining its practical applications with an ERC Proof of Concept Grant.

Two researchers from the University of Bonn have been awarded a Proof of Concept Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) as part of a program designed to help researchers translate their ideas from previous ERC projects into commercial applications. Biologist Prof. Dr. Bernardo S. Franklin from the University Hospital Bonn and physicist Prof. Dr. Simon Stellmer will thus each receive €150,000 over a period of around one year.

Batteries are indispensable for global efforts to reduce fossil fuel use. However, challenges remain: their production requires a lot of energy, the materials used are rare, and batteries are diff ...

New approaches against multi-resistant germs, a soft exoskeleton for people with paralysis, and research on an innovative manufacturing method: The European Research Council (ERC) will fund three projects by TUM scientists with the highly endowed ERC