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The beauty of it

"Scientific work … must be done for itself, for the beauty of science." Marie Curie, chemist & physicist (1867 - 1934)

Tell-tale television

A British start-up is betting it has a better way for television networks to watch their viewers watching them.

The view from Angle

We interview Andrew Newland, head of a venture capital consultancy with a long-term strategy of working with scientists and inventors.

Lab Notes

On the glut of patenting, BASF's rising research budget, football fever in the Commons, and other insights into R&D management

The big test

New regulations on the registration and testing of chemicals could have some problematic knock-on effects on European R&D – but they could also bring some lucrative work the way of contract research organisations.