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Microsoft Corp. is spinning out some of its software technology to two small European tech ventures, as part of a program to speed development of innovations from its labs.

With global revenues of $110 billion last year, and an aging population, the nascent "neurotechnology" market appears poised for huge growth.

Open source software has broken the stranglehold of proprietary software vendors. Could the Biological Open Source initiative do the same in biotech?

Researchers from Helsinki University have found a way to fight cancer by chewing gum. The gum contains a substance which breaks down carcinogens in the mouth caused by smoking and drinking.

Secure Access Solutions, a spin-off from the University of Warwick, has developed a new kind of magnifying lens to help the visually impaired type their pin codes into card readers in shops. It is seeking licensees and investors.

Researchers at four European universities are collaborating to develop software that will help encourage the take-up of so called pervasive computing.

European biotech is a hot topic among investors. They have supported as many start-ups as in the US but have seen far from equivalent returns. So what's going on? Science|Business talks to biotechnology consultant John Hodgson.

Nanomedicine can be more than a case of adding a trendy label to traditional approaches to pharmaceuticals.

Intellectual property battles are not always settled in the marketplace. Epic, life-and-death struggles often take place in the judicial arena.

Free public access to Europe’s leading biological databases will be guaranteed under a €16.7 million EU project launched this month.

A team of Danish researchers has devised a method for developing faster silicon computer chips, and is now seeking investment to develop the technique.

The controversial proposal for a new European Institute of Technology hit more political turbulence, as the EU’s research commissioner questioned whether it should receive preferential funding.

Manchester Metropolitan University has recruited academic and industrial partners to a £5 million programme that will assess the problems confronting the global airline industry and help to develop solutions.

OncoMethylome Sciences is planning to raise funds via an IPO. Its diagnostics can detect early-stage cancer and predict the response to particular cancer drugs.

A new report from Lux Research investigates the value of industry/university partnerships for research in nanotechnology.

Durham Scientific Crystals is looking for funding to commercialise cadmium telluride, a semiconductor used in medical and security imaging.

On May 12, it was announced that that an "innovative", "homegrown" digital signal processor (DSP) chip, to be designed and manufactured in China, was a fraud. Even more interesting is that the announcement was made by not by a Western agency or international body, but by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU).

Nanochips will mess up the physics of electronics, so a bunch of universities will research ways to keep chips on the shrinking bandwagon.

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The US Supreme Court has issued a long-awaited verdict in a patent suit between eBay and a small, Virginia-based company, MercExchange. The ruling was unanimous and favourable to eBay, reverting an earlier permanent injunction.