Registrations for new inventions at EPO are up for the fifth consecutive year, but Germany is the only EU country in the top five. Things look better at a corporate level, with five European companies in the top ten
Young people are not so hide-bound by risk. But they need the inputs of veteran investors and entrepreneurs to supply the missing ingredients in terms of experience, says Jaakko Hynynen, chief executive of the Finnish incubator, Startup Sauna
The digital experience of Europeans depends on which country you are in. Performance varies from digital top players such as Denmark to lower-performance countries such as Romania, according to a new EU index
A new Science|Business report counts the benefits of big science and presents opinions from experts on how these projects can do even more to pay their way
Facilities including CERN, the European Southern Observatory and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory are joining forces to push advanced technologies they use in research into wider application and commercial products
The world spends millions a year on telescopes, synchrotrons, colliders, DNA databases and other ‘big science’ projects. What does it get for that money?
This paper highlights the need for developing appropriate new open innovation institutions, to help bridge this gap from open science to open innovation.
Adaptive, Assistive Rehabilitative Technology: Beyond the Clinic (AART-BC) will develop a platform to monitor the use of assistive technology (AT) and compliance with rehabilitation programmes (RP) and support the patient outside of the clinic.
Take three driven physics wizards, an innovative business idea and lots of hard work, and what do you get? An ETH spin-off that could further advance both MRI research and medical diagnostics.
Disquiet among environmentalists as Edinburgh University and University College London chosen to lead research studies on the impact of shale gas exploration above and below ground
Internet-enabled forms of scientific collaboration, popularly referred to as open science, have not automatically translated into innovation. We must adapt by inventing new types of institutions, says Henry Chesbrough, father of open innovation
European Commission makes a fresh attempt to increase the flow of investment for innovative SMEs, by tapping sources outside banks. The ultimate aim is to make public markets the main source of corporate funding
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