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The European project MODERN has been launched to design the next generation computer chips, using variable and unreliable nanotransistors.

The UK Innovation Forum (UKIF) has been set up to foster relations between academics and businesses and promote the commercialisation of university research.

The World Intellectual property Organisation has launched WIPO GOLD, a free, on-line global intellectual property reference resource.

The UK’s Motor Neurone Disease Association is funding its first stem cell research programme to develop models of the disease.

A €500 million initiative to boost European supercomputer capacity and open it up to scientists across Europe gets off the ground this week.

Once researched behind closed doors, biofuels from micro-organisms and enzymes are starting to reach pilot plants in France, the US, and Brazil.

A new US study has traced the origins of 100 companies to cutting-edge university research sponsored by government agencies.

The science of the very small needs big, expensive instruments. More coordination is needed in Europe to translate basic research through to commercialisation.

Germany’s Fraunhofer centres are to set up a joint project centre in Asia, based at the Centre for Advanced Media Technology in Singapore.

The Irish government has revealed plans for an overhaul of its intellectual property laws following the recommendations of a recent report on innovation strategy.