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The UK government has asked the National Endowment for Science, Technology & the Arts to come up with a new index of innovation achievement. But by any measure, says NESTA’s Sami Mahroum, the UK is moving up.

The UK government has set up a new strategy board to promoting the country’s expertise in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and healthcare.

The European Commission has introduced rules to harmonise conditions for mobile services on aircraft, paving the way for a pan-European telecoms network in the air.

UK biotech Phynova makes a business out of developing traditional medicines, but when it comes to raising money it is pioneering a new, low-cost route to American investors.

Drug companies have lost confidence in the UK as a place to do business, according to research by two leading industry bodies.

Financing high-tech start-ups is not getting any easier, but a pioneering UK biotech may have an escape route

Computers have transformed our working lives. Now as they become pervasive elsewhere, leading experts call for an overhaul of research in human–computer interaction.

Researchers at top US universities have gone on the offensive against NIH cuts, saying they will wipe out a generation of junior scientists.

The Lisbon Strategy is working, but global financial instability means Europe needs to redouble its efforts in implementing reforms

Earth observation from space is entering an expansion phase as the private sector chases new commercial opportunities, according to analyst firm Euroconsult.