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A UK funding council has announced 44 new centres to equip PhD students with the business skills to turn ideas into products.

The UK government is pushing through to set up a £1 billion venture capital fund for high-growth technology start-ups.

Ten new projects European research infrastructures were announced this week. But how many will get off the ground?

The Commission and the European Patent office are taking action to eradicate underhand tactics for keeping generic drugs off the market.

Investing in innovation during a tight economy could provide a leg up for funders and start-ups once the turnaround comes, a Science|Business conference heard.

In a time of uncertainty, venture capitalists are shifting from biotech to the lower-risk, lower-reward field of MedTech.

European Space Agency is to open a research facility at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in the UK, to focus on researching space robotics and climate change.

Academic entrepreneurs from across Europe were named last night as the winners of the inaugural Academic Enterprise Awards 2008, at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden.

Select companies can still find funding from venture capitalists and the public market; others are using the depressed economy to cut costs.

US genomics firm Myriad Genetics regains limited rights to BRCA1 breast cancer gene on final appeal.

The first seminar on how to select and format the EIT’s Knowledge and Innovation Communities was held in Bratislava this week.

The Karolinska Institute’s technology commercialisation reported a strong initial take-up of a new share issue to raise money to develop portfolio companies.