Michael Kenward

The EU backed Innovative Medicines Initiative has updated its strategic research agenda, outlining strategies to overcome 'bottlenecks' to efficient R&D for new medicines.

A blog from Switzerland provides insights on what is hot in the land of the venture capitalist.

A new research lab brings together a chemicals giant and academics to accelerate the development of organic electronics.

Male scientists are more likely to file patents on their research than their female colleagues.

A driving force in the growing demand for MEMS could be pressure to make cars safer.

A reminder that it isn't just nanotechnology that can make money for businesses wanting to work on a small scale.

A survey of 449 European businesses shows that they plan to increase their spending on R&D by 5% a year for the next three years.

Asian R&D is hot. Witness our summertime sampling of news tidbits – some important, some just bizarre.

SMEs are the target for a new "portal" on the European Nanotechnology Gateway, nanoforum.org

The US Department of Energy plans to put $1.4 million for studies on the economic feasibility of producing hydrogen at nuclear plants.