i2india this week oversees the opening of Technovate-India, an incubator it will run with its parent Imperial Innovations, the tech transfer arm of Imperial College London.
The Research Executive Agency was set up under FP7 to do for SMEs what the European Research Council is doing for young scientists. So how is it faring?
In the biggest sign yet that the era of blockbuster drug is drawing to a close, Pfizer this week announced the creation of a new research unit focused on rare diseases.
Chemicals giant INEOS has been awarded a £7.3m grant for the construction of Europe’s first plant for producing bioethanol and electricity from household waste.
Aberdeen University has opened a new £1.6 million centre for Marine Biodiscovery, to specialise in drug discovery based on compounds found in marine organisms.
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