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Reading list - What makes MIT tick?

Is MIT really that special? Does it have lessons for others? A recent paper says that you have to line up a bunch of related factors – scientific, organisational, regional and so on. Picking them off one at a time won’t work.
19 Mar 2007

Innovation on the agenda

It’s easy to produce papers and make recommendations, says former Finnish prime minister Esko Aho. Now we need practical results.
13 Mar 2007

Europe’s GM crops row ignites anew

A tale of two cities: as the industry in Lyon trumpeted the benefits of biotech, MEPs in Strasbourg looked the other way, and declined to debate them
13 Mar 2007