Technology transfer

When it comes to biotech, the public sector is forging ahead in terms of intellectual property outputs, but the lead taken by academic institutions is almost entirely limited to the US.

Two major Polish institutions, the universities of Warsaw and Wroclaw have joined forces to form PLERCIM, and the new body has become a member of ERCIM, the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics.

Big Physics meets Industry, as the UK's biggest new science facility, Diamond synchrotron, prepares to welcome corporate customers.

The United States has long set the global standard as the model for innovation and entrepreneurship. But a new report by the venerable Kauffman Foundation says the cracks are showing.