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The multidisciplinary nature of research in nanosciences and nanotechnologies will result in a sharp increase in European funding, the Commission has said.

If the UK government truly believes universities are central not only to the economy, but the fabric of society, it must set them free, says Professor Rick Trainor, President of Universities UK.

It may come near the top of international rankings for its innovation performance, but Nokia’s top research manager thinks Denmark still needs to do better.

Systems biology involves a fundamental change in approach to biological research. Is Europe ready to handle it?

Queen’s University Belfast has launched a scheme to encourage more students to study scientific and technical subjects.

Jozef Cornu, an Alcatel-Lucent director, argues that Europe can repeat its GSM success story in other technology fields – if the EU acts fast.

A collaboration on medical devices linking not just scientists and entrepreneurs but Germany and the United States has unveiled its first results.

China needs a better return on its fast-rising investments in R&D and higher education if it is to become an “innovation-oriented” economy by 2020, OECD.

Others in Europe may envy the UK’s professionalised approach to tech transfer via a band of quoted commercialisation companies. But does it work?

The proposed merger of two Karlsruhe institutions could lead the way to greater international prestige for Germany’s universities.

The EU industry body for bioindustries has responded to the energy and climate change package currently under discussion in the European Parliament.

Don’t mistake science policy for innovation policy, says Richard Halkett,from NESTA, the UK’s National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts.

When Lita Nelsen, director of MIT’s technology licensing office, is asked whether MIT has an incubator, she responds, “Yes, it’s called the city of Cambridge.” Lori Valigra looks at how MIT's environment drives entrepreneurship.

The UK's seven research councils have set out a strategy to internationalise their activities to pull in more researchers from overseas and enable cross country funding of projects.