Richard L. Hudson

Who cares about Brussels? Apparently scientists do, with over 200,000 application forms for its €4 billion fund already downloaded. What next? Commissioner Janez Potočnik wants an EU-wide debate.

France’s best-known engineering school, the École Polytechnique, is mapping out a major expansion drive for the next five years.

Science is an international affair, of course. But a few recent news tidbits highlight just how fast that international dimension is expanding.

Everybody wants more energy research – so why isn’t it coming fast enough?

A conference in Brussels separates the fact from myth in technology transfer.

For six years, policy-makers around Europe have been talking about the “Lisbon Agenda”. Is anybody listening? Even in Lisbon?

Forget the Nasdaq. We at Science|Business have invented our own index of technology markets. We call it the Innovation Index.

The head of Microsoft’s Cambridge lab outlines the strategy: to scout the science world for new software markets.

Cambridge Enterprise’s new director vows flexibility as she enforces a controversial new campus policy on intellectual property.

The European Commission claimed to have taken “significant steps” towards making Europe dynamic and competitive – but chided the European Parliament and member states to work faster.