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“If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.” Albert Einstein

Despite the naysayers, more and more women are gaining success in the business of science. Our global investigation shows what it takes: good education, determination, a good employer, and some luck. Memo to government – Help them out.

Nuala’s Moran’s roundup of news and views in the management of intellectual assets focuses on how to keep alliances happy

Philips is seeking to boost adoption of its clock-less integrated circuit technology, offering it at a knockdown price to universities and research institutions.

A microchip that mimics the function of the human brain could one day result in a mobile phone with the memory capacity of a desktop computer, researchers report.

A Karolinska team is using microarrays for adjuvant therapy – and is looking for partners

How to manage a virtual R&D team, valuing research – and other insights into R&D management.

Wouldn’t you like to read the minds of the people you do business with? Sorry, fMRI doesn't do that, but it does try to see what goes on in the brain.

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.