The competition to lure biotech investors and know-how is heating up in US states - and so are the legal battles between over fair and unfair incentives.

Battle lines are drawn in an expensive, distracting and unedifying legal fight between two vaccine manufacturers. Nuala Moran investigates.

Save energy, cool your seat.

The buzz surrounding mobile TV is spurring cross-industry partnerships and attracting significant amounts of venture capital. But can 3G networks stand the pace?

25.7%. The annual rate of increase in patent applications by foreign companies in China, 1991 to 2001

What do patent statistics tell you about innovation? It depends how you count them, says the OECD. Nuala Moran investigates.

Philips Research has developed a woodstove for cooking in rural communities in developing countries – and is looking for partners to bring this technology to the market.

What is wrong with France’s basic research? There’s something missing, but it’s not resources, says Jean-Marc Schlenker.

Europe is lousy at reaping the commercial benefits of its R&D. To spur reform, Science|Business is preparing a “manifesto” of policy measures for technology transfer and innovation. What’s needed? A revolution.

JADO Technologies, a spin-out from the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, is developing small molecules that target cell membrane receptors, opening up a potential new avenue for drug delivery.