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Steelmaker Arcelor, carmaker Daimler-Benz and some 50 companies are joining an effort by the French National Center for Scientific Research to form an education and research network to scout new metallic materials for industrial use.

Sigma-Aldrich, a US-based Nasdaq-listed life science company, has agreed to license a gene delivery technology from Oxford BioMedica and will pay $5 million for a stake in the spin out from Oxford University.

Technology from one of France’s Grandes Écoles is going towards developing an easy-to-program home robot – with a common touch

IBM’s savvy move to share 500 patents may spark innovation in computer software and in how companies handle IP.

One of Europe’s biggest research organisations, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft in Germany, is pushing to close its first venture fund to finance spin-off companies from the institute.

Mary Lisbeth D'Amico's first fortnightly funding column reveals how coming out on top in a start-up talent show does not guarantee funding.