Nuala Moran

For the first time biotechnology has overtaken software as the US venture capitalists’ darling, according to the quarterly MoneyTree Report published by PricewaterhouseCoopers last week.

The Swedish Research Council has published ithe country's first long-term vision for research infrastructures, with a perspective of ten to twenty years.

The UK’s Technology Strategy Board is to become independent of government, taking over the programme currently run from within the Department of Trade and Industry.

Intel is closing its only research lab outside the US as part of a global restructuring plan. The Cambridge lab will shut next month.

Britain is making a new bid to attract global business looking to locate R&D activities overseas and foreign universities seeking overseas collaborations.

A new roadmap has been published for developing Europe’s research infrastructure through setting up 35 large-scale projects.

Innovation has become one of the most important elements in contemporary policymaking - but it's frequently found in unlikely places, says a new report.

Newton’s Apple has been launched to bring a greater appreciation of the contribution that science, technology and engineering make to wealth and health.