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Two companies that began life in laboratories at Cambridge University have merged to form a new medical diagnostics company, to be called Pronostics Ltd.

Researchers developing compounds designed to prevent allergens from entering the body are seeking investment to move to the next stage of development.

Norwegian researchers want to commercialise an easy-to-use technology that diagnoses the cause of snoring and measures the effectiveness of treatments.

The pressing need for alternative energy sources is driving investment into nanotechnology devices for energy applications such as photovoltaic solar cells.

Imperial College London is set to become the first university to float its technology-transfer office directly on the stock market.

The academic community is in the middle of a massive debate on how people should be able to access the results of publicly funded research.

This week the European Investment Fund took the first step in its ambitious new plan to unleash a wave of technology transfer across Europe. In doing so it endorsed a model pioneered in the UK.

On Tuesday the UK became the latest country to jump back on the nuclear energy bandwagon. But 20 years after Chernobyl, how easy is it to turn on the nuclear tap?

SMEs across Europe are backing to Framework Programme 7 - provided it avoids the funding pitfalls that emerged over the life of its predecessor.