A new spinout from Deakin University will market a personal assistant and marketing platform already used on campus.

The Deakin University-backed accelerator has selected the first startups to join its program.

Spinouts developing products ranging from troubleshooting for quantum computers to energy efficient wifi devices will be supported by the innovation fund.

Apple has acquired the wireless charging technology developer, spun out of University of Auckland in 2007.

University of Arizona will partner National Autonomous University of Mexico and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, two research institutions with similar climates and ambitions.

The position will involve exploring commercialisation opportunities from government-owned research agency Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Reuters has ranked the top 100 universities across the world, putting Stanford University at the top and naming KU Leuven as the most innovative institution in Europe.

Multi-university venturing fund Uniseed has invested $500,000 in smartphone cardiac monitoring developer Cardihab.

University of Melbourne and RMIT University have put their weight behind a new incubator and accelerator that is set to open in the city.