Technology transfer

The UK government has created two new Enterprise Capital Funds (ECF) under its £40 million scheme to aid high tech businesses caught in the equity gap.

With global revenues of $110 billion last year, and an aging population, the nascent "neurotechnology" market appears poised for huge growth.

Frost & Sullivan puts some flesh on the bones of the idea that nanotechnology can be a profitable tool in drug development.

Nanomedicine can be more than a case of adding a trendy label to traditional approaches to pharmaceuticals.

Yet another consultation is under way into the safety of nanotechnology. This time you have an opportunity to give your views on "the use of nanotechnologies in relation to food".

Intellectual property battles are not always settled in the marketplace. Epic, life-and-death struggles often take place in the judicial arena.

Swiss researchers have devised a way to make X-ray imaging much more sensitive – and capable of being incorporated into current medical imaging equipment.

A team of Danish researchers has devised a method for developing faster silicon computer chips, and is now seeking investment to develop the technique.

On 8 June the European Commission starts the evaluation of the biofuels technological platform it will support in 2007 - 2013. But the choice will be mired in political treacle.

Scottish Health Innovations has signed a licensing agreement with ExtraMed Ltd giving the company the right to develop and market an endoscopy reporting system developed at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.