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Nuala Moran takes a behind-the-scenes look at the strategies involved in Europe's biggest patent victory in years.

For her latest fortnightly funding column, Mary Lisbeth D'Amico set out to find European seed funders. That was as easy as finding a needle in a haystack.

A spin-out from Sheffield University and Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research says it has created a compound using carbon monoxide that could save lives by helping with organ transplants.

When Google hired Kai-fu Lee from Microsoft to set up the internet company's new R&D centre in Beijing in July, it set off a legal battle that highlights how much is at stake in the rush to cash in on the country's booming economy and vast scientific labour force.

A spin-out from the University of Surrey, England, is developing a new process to make silicon emit light – potentially cutting the cost of optical components.

“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.

Research-intensive companies outperform the FTSE average Source: UK Dept. of Trade & Industry

Chewing gum, underwater robots and other technologies, at a UK investor showcase

Cambridge Antibody Technology Group Plc, which is traded on both the LSE and Nasdaq markets, said an agreement was struck at the 11th hour over a royalty dispute with Abbott Laboratories Inc.

Oxford Genome licenses a genomic database with a long pedigree to Belgium’s UCB

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

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