Thomas Lau

A new three-dimensional microscope gives insight into internal structure and chemical composition, revealing how materials are affected, over time, by changes in temperature, humidity, weight load and other conditions.

Italian researchers have designed a small-sized humanoid robot to test a model of the human sense of "presence". They are now looking for investors to take the technology for further development.

Israel researchers have developed a drug testing system that allows “human” trials to be carried out on laboratory animals. They are now opening talks with pharmaceutical companies .

A Danish biopharmaceutical company and the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, have set up the MicroRNA Research Consortium, with funding from the Danish Advanced Technology Foundation.

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The Finnish developers of a virtual guitar are looking for investment to develop the technology and to bring it to public venues.

A spin-out from Oxford University is looking to attract the attention of equity investors and pharmaceutical companies by focusing on the discovery and development of small molecules to treat cancer

Researchers are taking cues from a century-old spray drying technology to see if it could be developed to make better products for the food and pharmaceutical industries. They are now looking for investors and partnership from industry players.

The inventors of an imaging system to improve diagnosis of coronary heart disease are looking at licensing the technology – or getting venture capital to create a spin-out.

A researcher at the Academic Medical Centre in Amsterdam has developed instruments that could assist surgeons to perform keyhole surgery. The centre is now looking for investors and partnership or licensing agreements for the technology.