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Making sure the technology works is only part of the formula for a successful spin-out. Business sense and collaboration with potential customers are also critical

Internal combustion engine cars continue to increase fuel-efficiency and will dominate the market through 2030. But the payback for billions in incentives for sustainable car technologies will come as greener vehicles take to the road from 2025.

After marathon negotiations slog, key MEPs and interest groups welcome deal and hope for timely start to the European Union’s next R&D programme

Warwick University built its reputation on its close ties with local manufacturing companies. Now it is looking to global connections with partner universities. This makes it possible to attract the best academics and do the best research, says Stuart Croft, pro-vice chancellor

Europe needs a better framework for translating biological research into new drugs and treatments. It’s essential to collaborate and share best practice said experts at a workshop on advancing translational medicine at the Medical University of Warsaw

The Medical University of Warsaw has eyes on becoming a leading university at the heart of a high tech cluster. The route to this future is through partnership with industry – and with peers - says Slawomir Majewski

The finalists of ACES 2013 are proof that Europe has the ingredients to create the best of high tech start-ups, while their founders are inspiring entrepreneur role models. But more support is needed to help others learn from – and build on – these exemplars

The League of European Research Universities has once again hit out at IP rules and funding levels in the EU’s Innovative Medicines Initiative, saying academics will be discouraged from taking part in the €2B collaborative research programme

If Europe is serious about boosting innovation it needs to create a single market for innovation, reducing bureaucracy, allowing greater cross-border cooperation and promoting the development and mobility of skills, says leading industrialist Nani Beccalli-Falco

There are fine lines to tread – and regulatory, technical and cultural obstacles to negotiate – to protect the IP rights that underpin commercialisation and defend individual privacy when opening up and interconnecting Big Data stores