Novel QC material paves the way to the first generic reference standard for microarrays 19 Feb 2008 News
New head for MRC’s commercialisation operations The UK Medical Research Council has appointed Dave Tapolczay as head of its technology transfer company, MRC Technology. 19 Feb 2008 News
Scotland sets out new life sciences strategy as totems bite the dust Scotland launched the latest version of its strategy to become one of world’s top locations for life sciences by 2020, as the hopes vested in two of its leading research companies Stem Cell Sciences and Ardana Biosciences, turned to dust. 19 Feb 2008 News
Europe’s innovation performance continues to converge The 2007 European Innovation Scoreboard published this month shows a continued process of convergence within the EU. 19 Feb 2008 News
EU increases investment in Asian research network The EU is investing a further €12 million in a network that connects countries in Asia and Pacific to Europe to carry out research projects. 19 Feb 2008 News
Swedish spending on R&D stagnating since 2002 A Swedish report into levels of research funding for universities since the mid 1990s shows resources increased up to 2002 and then stagnated. 19 Feb 2008 R&D Policy
Growing up: how corporate incubators pass on parental knowledge to the new generation Corporate incubators bridge the seed funding gap, but apart from pocket money what can start-ups learn from their foster parents? 19 Feb 2008 News