More than 150 years ago, William Thomson, later Lord Kelvin, discovered the magnetoresistive effect. Today, this finding enables sensors to measure the rotational speed of a car wheel, and is also used in compass navigation and robot control systems. ETH material scientists have now found a new kind of magnetoresistance that promises further insight into basic research and could one day be used for practical applications.

23 Aalto researchers receive Academy Project funding for research in natural sciences and engineering

The Royal Society has announced a fellowship grants, aimed at strengthening links between academia and industry, to Dr Nathan Griffiths from the University of Warwick’s Department of Computer Science.

His five-year period as dean starts on 1 August 2015.

Alex Huang, a visiting professor at Aalto, develops technologies that turn energy buyers into producers and distributors.

A team of researchers led by the University of Cambridge has described for the first time in humans how the epigenome – the suite of molecules attached to our DNA that switch our genes on and off – is comprehensively erased in early primordial germ cells prior to the generation of egg and sperm.

Researchers in 10 countries have begun a major new project studying the link between socioeconomic status and healthy ageing.

The Nickel Institute is pleased to announce that David Butler, currently Executive Director & General Counsel, has been appointed President, effective 1 June 2015.

The House of Natural Resources (HoNR) is a flagship project for a hardwood building. Today marked the inauguration of the office building on ETH’s Hönggerberg campus after 18 months of construction. It is an exciting development for researchers at ETH Zurich as the building will serve as a research laboratory for sustainable construction.

There are several barriers holding back science-industry collaboration, but the most urgent one is the reluctance to protect intellectual property in advance of publishing research results, according to two of Poland’s leading patent attorneys