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Nanocarriers: Proof of Concept Grant for Olivia Merkel

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Grant and Award Announcement

The LMU pharmaceutical scientist has been awarded a fourth grant by the European Research Council (ERC) to test a new platform for nanocarriers of RNA therapeutics.

Human activity has not always harmed biodiversity – quite the opposite

University of Basel
Peer-Reviewed Publication

For millennia, farming in Switzerland did not reduce plant diversity but helped increase it, University of Basel researchers have shown in a detailed reconstruction covering the past 7000 years. Only recent decades paint a different picture.

Journal: Nature Communications

UCD researcher receives European funding to unlock new treatments for pediatric growth disorders

UCD Research & Innovation
Grant and Award Announcement

European Research Council Proof of Concept Grant backs progression of ground-breaking research towards innovation

Funder: European Research Council

Hanyang University researchers explore perovskite solar cells for space, underwater, and other extreme environments

Hanyang University Research Strategy Planning Team
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Reliable power generation remains a major challenge in extreme environments where access to conventional energy infrastructure is limited. In a recent review, researchers from Hanyang University examine how perovskite solar cells could provide lightweight, efficient, and durable power solutions for applications in space, underwater settings, deserts, polar regions, and high-altitude locations. The review highlights advances in materials and device engineering that could support future remote and off-grid energy systems.

Journal: Nano-Micro Letters

AI deciphers long-range DNA signals behind RNA splicing

The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists have developed a hierarchical Transformer-based artificial intelligence model that predicts RNA splice sites across DNA sequences up to 100,000 base pairs long while preserving single-nucleotide resolution. The system captures long-range regulatory interactions that conventional approaches often miss and visualizes the sequence regions influencing its predictions. The approach achieved state-of-the-art performance on multiple benchmark datasets and may support future studies in genetic diseases, cancer, precision medicine, genomic medicine, and therapeutic development.

Journal: Nucleic Acids Research

ERC Proof of Concept Grants to advance innovation in scholarship and healthcare awarded to Hebrew University researchers

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Grant and Award Announcement

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem proudly congratulates two of its outstanding researchers on receiving prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept Grants for 2026. The grants support ERC-funded researchers in translating groundbreaking discoveries into innovative applications, technologies, and services with real-world impact.

UTEP researchers 3D-print battery component that could reshape how devices are powered

University of Texas at El Paso
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso has developed a way to 3D-print an essential battery component in nearly any shape. Their innovation could free engineers from the constraints of standard rechargeable battery sizes.

Journal: Communications Engineering

Breakthrough Stirling study could unlock key to more reliable truffle cultivation

University of Stirling
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As one of the world’s most revered gourmet foods, some truffles can sell for more than €1,000 per kilogram, making cultivation a lucrative business.

Journal: Microbiological Research
Funder: Innovate UK

Women hold just 3% of jobs in tourism's biggest transport sector, global study finds

University of Surrey
Reports and Proceedings

Women remain vastly underrepresented in tourism transport jobs worldwide, making up just three per cent of land passenger transport workers (such as bus and train staff) in countries with available data, according to a University of Surrey-led report.