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A test of success

"Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success." Thomas A. Edison (1847-1931).

Staying in the loop

A new Munich-based company that says its patented technologies can reduce household water consumption by 90 per cent on average is looking for more investment.

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.