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The Science|Business Innovation Board, meeting with EU Research Commissioner Geoghegan-Quinn, warns against cuts in national R&D budgets in the downturn.

Silicon Valley and Boston aren’t the only areas looking for new ways to innovate, as Midwest ‘rust belt’ states set out new strategies.

Dutch MEP Judith Merkies tells Science|Business that ambitious legislation is necessary to brings innovation policy closer to Europe’s citizens.

Robert-Jan Smits takes over as European research supremo today. Key task: to plan the 8th Framework Programme.

A lack of clarity over the patentability of therapies developed from stem cells is holding back European research in the field, according to a new report.

Innovation is not just about ‘light bulb’ moments of creativity, but requires strategic leadership, according to a new report sponsored by the UK government.

i2india this week oversees the opening of Technovate-India, an incubator it will run with its parent Imperial Innovations, the tech transfer arm of Imperial College London.

Efficiency in deploying knowledge is more important to economic competitiveness than the ability to create new knowledge, argues Sami Mahroum.

More of us are interested in science than sport, and agree that governments should support research even if it brings no obvious immediate benefit, says a new survey.

A new fund was launched by Oxford University this week to support proof of concept and prototyping work.

The European Science Foundation has hit out at an EU directive on exposure levels for staff working with magnetic resonance imaging, saying it puts research at risk.