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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.

National Rectors’ Conferences have been reporting on the situation facing their universities in the current economic climate. The results have been mixed.

The European Commission will not raise objections under EC Treaty state aid rules to the support that France plans to give its Solar Nano Crystal programme.

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).

Protectionist policies will at best slow down the yearned-for quick recovery, says Sami Mahroum. At worst they could destroy the fabric of innovation.

A special briefing on the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, based on information presented at a Science|Business meeting in Brussels.

The chairman of the fledgling EIT has told Science|Business that KIC applicants with one sole geographical location are unlikely to be picked.

ACES Bridge Award winner Tom Hockaday from Isis Innovation has three test-tube racks filled with champagne corks in his office…

Oxford University’s technology transfer arm Isis Innovation has opened an office in Singapore to promote its activities throughout the Asia Pacific region.

A group of European entrepreneurs and academics meet to compare notes on the problems of patenting in a global marketplace.

In a WSJ Europe article, two members of the Science|Business innovation board, J. Frank Brown and Jean-Philippe Courtois, discuss the way forward for Europe.

Cynics say it merely wants to curry favour with the European Union, but Intel’s revamp of its labs is a convincing model for corporate engagement in R&D, writes Nuala Moran.

European academia could lose as much as it might gain from the creation of the European Institute for Innovation and Technology, says Chalmers’ Karin Markides.