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Following the 2011 establishment of a chair in cereal science at KU Leuven, the US cereals and snacks giant is putting down R&D roots at the Leuven Bio-Incubator.

Even for the most motivated entrepreneurs, it takes huge amounts of time and energy to commercialise leading-edge research. Change is needed to improve the framework for innovation, reducing risks and attracting patient investors

In the five years since it was established, 60 start-ups have made the final of the Science|Business Academic Enterprise Awards. The progress of these alumni throws a spotlight on the effort and dedication needed to make a commercial success of a university spin-out

Under GSM – the Global System for Mobile Communications, Europe led the world in 2nd generation mobile telephony. Now, disputes about spectrum use threaten slower connections and could result in fragmentation

A patented breakthrough in lightweight concrete structures – inspired by the human body – has big environmental benefits, cutting consumption of concrete while reducing energy use and CO2 by up to 50 per cent

MEP Andrew Duff argues that it would be a disaster for science – in both the UK and Europe – if Britain left the EU

It’s hard to save electricity when you don’t know where it’s going. Qualisteo’s Wattseeker reads the fingerprints of electrical systems to make monitoring energy use easier and less costly

The world’s leading technology clusters grew organically, over decades. The question for countries and regions setting out to develop their innovation ecosystems, is how to capitalize on university research and catch up quickly. It’s possible to accelerate the process, says Matt Van Itallie