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A confluence of drought and rapidly growing demand is spurring the development of water technologies.

Are our politicians really using science to make the best decisions? Or are they just hiding behind science, rather than using their common sense?

Europe came a step closer to ensuring its future competitiveness last week when member states endorsed a programme of sustainable chemistry.

European companies are set to increase their investment in R&D by 5 per cent per annum over the next three years, closing the gap with US counterparts.

European venture capitalists are no longer prepared to take any risk with their investments, undermining the biotech sector. That, anyway, is the opinion of many a frustrated biotech entrepreneur.

Who should profit from cutting-edge academic research: the scientists or the institution that funds them? Both, in a new biotech company launched by one of Sweden’s leading researchers.

Male scientists are more likely to file patents on their research than their female colleagues.

A driving force in the growing demand for MEMS could be pressure to make cars safer.

It may be that the similarity between the name of a US memory chip supplier, Rambus, and that of a rebel and indomitable hero, Rambo, is purely coincidental. Yet, looking at the story of Rambus, it is difficult to avoid comparisons.

A reminder that it isn't just nanotechnology that can make money for businesses wanting to work on a small scale.

A survey of 449 European businesses shows that they plan to increase their spending on R&D by 5% a year for the next three years.

Public procurement should be used to stimulate innovation using a US model that has proved itself over 25 years, says a report from the University of Cambridge, UK.