Fabrice Delaye

French researchers have developed a cell therapy that could slash the risk of rejection after bone marrow grafts to under 5 per cent, and are looking for first-round funding.

German company Q-Cells AG has taken a stake in Swiss university spin-off VHF Technologies, which makes flexible plastic films for solar panels.

With the end of easy oil, French oil services giant Schlumberger Clamart Technology Centre is transforming its research and development activities.

On 8 June the European Commission starts the evaluation of the biofuels technological platform it will support in 2007 - 2013. But the choice will be mired in political treacle.

A team at the École des Mines in France is looking for partners to develop new applications for metal foams, including one to clean up the exhaust gases of diesel vehicles.

While the telecommunications industry retrenches, the dominant French operator expands its research budget and seeks new lab partners. Why?

What happens to the company labs when there’s a merger? That’s the question many in the telecoms industry are now asking, following news of merger plans by US-based Lucent and France's Alcatel.

Philippe Pouletty is on a roll. One by one, the serial entrepreneur with a penchant for provocative lobbying is seeing his ideas become official French policy. But not everyone is pleased.