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The spin-out tag makes university start-ups look weak and vulnerable, says Philip Sharpe from QinetiQ, one of Europe’s largest technology commercialisation companies.

An academic–industry consortium is setting up a centre to support collaborative research and technology transfer between the UK and India.

President Ralph Eichler has plans for growth and change at the top continental university – with a due measure of Swiss caution.

Switzerland has announced plans to invest an unprecedented CHF400 million in order to become a world leader in systems biology.

The heavyweights of UK health research are joining forces to found a £500 million Centre for Medical Research and Innovation in the heart of London.

Napier University in Edinburgh is launching the Biofuel Research Centre, the first of its kind in the UK, to find sustainable alternatives to energy based on fossil fuels.

Industrialist Adolphe Merkle is donating his fortune to bolster nanotechnology in his alma mater. His move may be replicated by other rich Swiss entrepreneurs.

Science|Business launches a series of news and events to prompt debate on a vital policy question: How do you encourage enterprise in science?

One of the largest gifts to research ever in Norway is to establish a Centre for Innovation Research in Stavanger.