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Microsoft’s Jean-Philippe Courtois thinks Europe is an innovative place. But, he says, there are some clear gaps.

Is MIT really that special? Does it have lessons for others? A recent paper says that you have to line up a bunch of related factors – scientific, organisational, regional and so on. Picking them off one at a time won’t work.

A tale of two cities: as the industry in Lyon trumpeted the benefits of biotech, MEPs in Strasbourg looked the other way, and declined to debate them

A new study claims that meeting the EU’s biofuels target would spur a huge increase in food imports – and contribute to deforestation in less developed countries.

Embryonic stem cell lines should be eligible to be granted both method and product patents, according to Swedish and US researchers writing in an international journal.

YouTube, MySpace – those are some of the hottest properties on the Internet these days. They may also be the working definition of demand-side innovation,

2006 was a record year for business start-ups in Ireland.

The value of R&D coming out of US universities is increasing. And the question of exactly how Europe measures up in comparison may soon be answered.

The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative launched its first product, a new formulation of for treating malaria.

The band of UK quoted tech commercialisation companies has another member. Ipso Ventures joined the AIM market, raising £4.5 million.

A Science|Business Quickguide: A primer on what it is, and how to deal with, the European Research Council.