Newton’s Apple has been launched to bring a greater appreciation of the contribution that science, technology and engineering make to wealth and health.
José Manuel Barroso is hoping for unanimous support for a slimmed-down European Institute of Technology. But some diplomats think he might be disappointed.
The biotech industry needs to take a lesson from the film industry and develop investment vehicles that make it possible to pool intellectual property, says a US think tank.
The international patents system is emerging a key engine of economic development, according to the latest annual report of the World Intellectual Property Organization.
The State of Victoria, Australia, population 5 million, wants to be in the top five for biotech by 2010 – and it’s building a synchrotron to help it get there.
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