Science|Business Reporting

The technology transfer arm of Imperial College London reported rapid growth in its investment portfolio in its first full year as a publicly traded company.

The European Parliament gave its formal blessing to the launch of a new pan-European technology institute next year – but insisted that it include “innovation” in the title.

The UK government has opened a public consultation on proposals to introduce fast-track processing services for patent and trade mark applications.

A new database is designed to boost cooperation between researchers across the European Union and eastern Europe.

Plans to create a European Research Area put too much stress on research and not enough on innovation, says the Eureka secretariat.

Nordforsk, the funding agency of the Nordic Council of Ministers, has funded the coordination of a network on biomedical imaging.