Lori Valigra

Better, brighter, faster – that's where photonic lasers are trying to take us. A lay guide to the technology.

The pace of forming academic spin-out companies picked up in the US in 2004 after a two-year slump, according to a survey released today.

A team of European researchers is applying a technology used to measure airflow over aircraft wings to improve human heart implants.

With an estimated 400 million people at risk for developing dementia, a natural remedy would be a welcome answer. That's the approach one British company is taking.

Nanonucleant, a spin-out of Imperial College London, is seeking angel financing to move ahead with a glass grain-based technology that aids in crystallising proteins for study as drug targets.

A microchip that mimics the function of the human brain could one day result in a mobile phone with the memory capacity of a desktop computer, researchers report.

A Karolinska team is using microarrays for adjuvant therapy – and is looking for partners

IBM’s savvy move to share 500 patents may spark innovation in computer software and in how companies handle IP.

Imperial College London's technology commercialisation company is betting on a spin-out company, deltaDOT, to speed detection and decrease costs of finding new proteins for drug discovery.