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

Innovation policy is hot in Brussels, says Science|Business editor Richard L. Hudson. Hot enough for so a confusing array of proposals, white papers, conferences and task forces.

As it engages with global markets India’s self-interests in IP are shifting. The result is a surge in litigation as differences of opinion emerge within local companies, think tanks and advocacy groups.

A new and fast-growing sector of the private equity market aims to fund companies that put sustainability at their heart. A first survey of the field shows how.

Europe’s innovation skills are improving and closing the gap with the US and Japan. But the scoreboard shows European innovation is still only good in parts.

The European Commission said it will not raise any objections to the financial aid granted by France to a new transport programme.

Despite rumours of political roadblocks, the EU's education commissioner says a deal is in the works to create the European Institute of Technology.

The UK’s system for pricing drugs is to move from one based on controlling profits to a value-based approach. The switch has implications for other countries in Europe.

Venture capitalists are on a roll: in the past week two more firms confirmed the closing of significant new funds, to add to five others announced this year.

The open-source software company Red Hat is opening a centre for support and R&D in Serbia, building on a project initiated in 2005 by Belgrade University to create an incubator for new technologies.

One of Ireland’s best known scientific sons has been lured back from his post as Director General of the European Molecular Biology Organisation to take the helm at Science Foundation Ireland.

A Dutch PhD student has found that the Dutch government is failing in five of seven key factors needed for successful innovation in energy.

In 2005, France launched competitive clusters to encourage research universities to support innovation. The same philosophy is driving universities to pool their R&D competencies, restructure – and even merge.