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The five-year-old Hamma plant has slacked the thirst of a metropolis, but innovation and new technologies are needed to address environmental issues

With an era of deep sea mining being ushered in, a new breed of robots developed in the UK are poised to lead the way

Next generation of public-public research programmes in fields of clinical trials, SME financing, active ageing and metrology among initiatives that received green light from MEPs

Fifty-five of the world's most academically brilliant and socially committed young people from 27 countries have been selected as Gates Cambridge Scholars and will begin their postgraduate courses at the University of Cambridge this October.

Over a third of public support for R&D is delivered via tax incentives, with multinationals, rather than domestic SMEs benefitting the most. It’s time to give small companies an equal chance, says the OECD

Despite the continuing economic crisis, R&D spending is ahead of 2008 levels and home grown innovation is prospering ahead of me-too models, according to the index

More than 100 stakeholders from around globe discuss best practices for addressing environmental and social concerns over unconventional gas development

Overall Europe’s innovation performance is up, despite economic woes. But the best performers are pulling further ahead of the rest of the field, and the top global players outside Europe still dominate

While northern and western European countries cut it in the top ranks of this year’s Global Competitiveness Report, those in the south are losing ground

Switzerland, Sweden, and Singapore lead in overall innovation performance according to the Global Innovation Index 2012

South Africa’s winning bid to host most of the world’s biggest telescope could give its scientific community a new edge

The EU’s innovation policy isn’t working effectively to produce economic benefits. A more streamlined and simplified system is needed to catalyse growth, says a new report from Ernst and Young

WIPO report highlights how intellectual property is moving from being a purely technical issue to become a central part of innovation policy