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Lessons for universities

A new report from MIT suggests that universities should avoid concentrating too much on technology transfer.

Europe’s IPO markets top €50B in 2005; surpass US

As expected, the IPO markets in Europe made their strongest showing in several years in 2005 and have even topped the amount of money raised in the U.S., according to figures released today by PricewaterhouseCoopers in London.

Sigma-Aldrich goes shopping

Lab-supply companies are normally in the business of selling things to scientists, rather than buying. But the new CEO of Sigma-Aldrich, one of the world's largest lab-supply firms, is shopping for new ideas, new partners - and new companies to invest in.

Edinburgh team deactivates cross-contaminating prions

Scientists at Edinburgh University have developed a new method for cleaning surgical instruments that entirely removes protein contamination, including the near-indestructible prions - the agents that cause mad cow disease