ACES

The finalists of ACES 2013 are proof that Europe has the ingredients to create the best of high tech start-ups, while their founders are inspiring entrepreneur role models. But more support is needed to help others learn from – and build on – these exemplars

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

Mendeley - the winner of a Science|Business ACES award and pioneering provider of social media tools that allow scientists to share and mine data - and collaborate online - has been bought up by the publishing giant Elsevier

EVO Electric has applied novel technology to develop motors that combine high power with low weight, promising to increase the efficiency and appeal of electric cars and reduce CO2 emissions from hybrid petrol/electric cars

In one of the first clinical applications of magnetic nanoparticles to reach the market, Endomagnetics has developed a technology that offers a safer, cheaper way to detect whether breast tumours have spread

Start-up entrepreneurs learn how to pitch their companies at a joint EIT and Science|Business master class

ACES winner Mendeley is revolutionising the way research is done – using cloud computing to create the largest crowd-sourced library in the world. Its software lets academics organise and annotate journal articles, and share and discuss their work with researchers around the globe