Ferring Pharmaceuticals and Karolinska Institutet announced the signing of a collaboration agreement that establishes a research centre exploiting the human microbiome. The programme will be fully funded by Ferring Pharmaceuticals and governed by a joint steering committee

Engineers developing a drill for probing Mars, the Moon and asteroids have created the world’s first portable charger to power up electric cars anywhere, anytime.

Among European universities Aalto’s position rises from 59th to 28th in European Research Council rankings

ETH Zurich is preparing up-and-coming researchers for an international career in science and industry. In March 2016, it will launch a career-focused funding mechanism that will allow junior researchers to conduct their own research project early on. Vice President Detlef Günther explains why, in an interview with ETH News

King’s College London has announced that it has recently entered into an exclusive license agreement with Pfizer Inc. for the development of a series of adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapy vectors

Imperial Innovations and the European Investment Fund are each to put £24.75M into the University College London fund UK, which will be managed by the VC firm Albion Ventures

A new study presented in the journal Nature could change the view of the role of motor neurons

Computer scientists working in a group led by ETH Professor Marc Pollefeys have developed a piece of software that makes it very easy to create 3D models of entire buildings. Running on a new type of tablet computer, the program generates 3D maps in real time

One of the world's most distinguished computer scientists, Professor Nick Jennings, is to become Vice Provost (Research) at Imperial from April 2016

25 spin-offs were founded at ETH Zurich last year – more than ever before in a single year. The new record highlights the benefits of supporting young talent early on and illustrates that ETH’s own support programme is paying off.