Science|Business Reporting

Electric vehicles, hydrogen and other alternative technologies will be niche solutions until advances bring costs down – while existing engine efficiency can still be improved by 20 per cent.

Harmonising green technologies across the Atlantic to be a key step in realising the low-carbon economy

The Energy Biosciences Institute has been granted its first patent since its establishment in 2007

Despite the continuing economic crisis, R&D spending is ahead of 2008 levels and home grown innovation is prospering ahead of me-too models, according to the index

Europe needs a better framework for translating biological research into new drugs and treatments. It’s essential to collaborate and share best practice said experts at a workshop on advancing translational medicine at the Medical University of Warsaw

If Europe is serious about boosting innovation it needs to create a single market for innovation, reducing bureaucracy, allowing greater cross-border cooperation and promoting the development and mobility of skills, says leading industrialist Nani Beccalli-Falco

The European Commission has accepted the Court of Auditors report on the shortcomings of Framework Programme 7 and says they will be addressed in Horizon 2020

The Science|Business Innovation Board has released the results of two studies, one examining the success factors behind university spinouts and the other exploring views on a European grace period for patents.

The winners of the 5th annual Academic Enterprise Awards have been announced at a conference that brought together Europe's innovation leaders to discuss the importance of research, innovation and entrepreneurship