A team of researchers at ORNL has come up with the concept of nanofermentation, and, it seems, plans to use this as a trademark.

On May 26, the US Patent Office issued a preliminary ruling on another long-running patent fight. This battle differs from other high-profile clashes as the challenger is taking on not a big corporate entity, but a broad community of IT researchers and academics.

Europabio thinks that Europe is doing a poor job when it comes to investing in biotechnology.

Open source software has broken the stranglehold of proprietary software vendors. Could the Biological Open Source initiative do the same in biotech?

Researchers from Helsinki University have found a way to fight cancer by chewing gum. The gum contains a substance which breaks down carcinogens in the mouth caused by smoking and drinking.

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.

Secure Access Solutions, a spin-off from the University of Warwick, has developed a new kind of magnifying lens to help the visually impaired type their pin codes into card readers in shops. It is seeking licensees and investors.

EU technology policy is moving beyond the numbers game, and getting down to economic basics.

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

The European Commission wants businesses to spend more on research and development - and to help encourage that, the agency is preparing a volley of government proposals for the Autumn.