Science|Business Reporting

A spin-out from the University of Surrey, England, is developing a new process to make silicon emit light – potentially cutting the cost of optical components.

To change the physical characteristics of existing polymers for new market opportunities such as non-stick chewing gum.

A new class of antibiotics, to tackle MRSA and other multi-resistant organisms, is in development by a spin-off from the University of Surrey, UK.

Undersea automation to deal with imaging, inspection, mapping, profiling, surveillance, classification and exploration.

New technology to repair the meniscus in the knee is under development at the University of Bristol, UK.

A spin-out from the University of Southampton, UK, has a new “scintillation detector” that it says can help stop radiological threats at airports and elsewhere.

Steelmaker Arcelor, carmaker Daimler-Benz and some 50 companies are joining an effort by the French National Center for Scientific Research to form an education and research network to scout new metallic materials for industrial use.