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Governments seek to encourage innovation in healthcare, but then they won’t pay for the treatments that follow. But who are they to judge?

Inward investment and high-tech start-ups are seen as key ingredients of the knowledge economy. But the two are not compatible, says new research

It’s not enough to spin companies out and build them as national enterprises, says Imperial College Pro Rector Tidu Maini. The challenge is to go global – we need to scale up our thinking on science.

Around €300 million looks set to be slashed from the European Union’s 2008 research and development budget, and re-channelled into the flagship Galileo satellite project.

Is medical research worth the money? The UK Medical Research Council has commissioned to find out the answer.

Building the European Research Area should be paid for by Structural Funds not R&D programmes, says Science and Technology Commissioner Janez Potočnik