“Being innovative involves recognising tomorrow’s problems and finding the solutions today” says Adel Sharif, founding director of Surrey Aquatechnology.
President Obama’s move to focus on “science as economic saviour” may have stalled. But there is still optimism about the impact the new administration will have.
Developing aerodynamic side skirts for truck trailers wasn’t exactly what Ephicas' founders had in mind when they started studying, but it has put them on the fast track.
Cambridge spin-out CamSemi hopes to prosper during the global economic storm by riding the green wave. Its trump card: a new way of converting mains current to DC.
Putting public money into VC seed funds has yielded a large crop of cash-hungry UK start-ups. But with funding proving hard to find, who will feed them now?
National Rectors’ Conferences have been reporting on the situation facing their universities in the current economic climate. The results have been mixed.
The Steinbeis-Transfer-Institute for Intellectual Property Management has developed a set of indicators of the commercial viability of collaborative life-science projects.
Janez Potočnik, European Commissioner for Science and Research, has met with the experts due to carry out the review of the European Research Council (ERC).
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