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Frustrated by old-fashioned publishing practices, scientists are launching start-ups to change the way research is evaluated and communicated, tapping open-access platforms to increase the visibility and discoverability of their work

UCL Business and partners Healthbox, Numbers4Good, Trafford Housing Trust and Janssen Healthcare Innovation, have launched their search for early-stage social ventures to benefit from the Health Social Innovators’ Programme

This year’s Shanghai Ranking has just been published, with ETH taking 19th place – it therefore remains the best university in continental Europe.

Imperial Innovations Group plc (AIM: IVO or 'the Group' 'Innovations') notes that Abzena plc ('Abzena') has today announced the pricing of its initial public offering, prior to seeking Admission of its shares to AIM.

The initiative is based on the production of KUDURA energy hubs. Thanks to agreements reached by RVE.SOL, this technology has already been introduced in Uganda, Nigeria, Mozambique and Angola

NTNU is one of Europe’s top research centres on carbon capture and storage

Sir Keith O’Nions, a British scientist and outgoing President and Rector of Imperial College London, has been named as the new Chairman of Cambridge Enterprise, the commercialisation arm of the University of Cambridge.

Start-up companies from South Africa and Nigeria selected as finalists to compete in The Global Innovation Award on 7 October in Berlin.

Selfly developed a Radar Based Avionics System, in order to make aviation – both manned and unmanned – easier, cheaper, but most of all: safer.

Lens Research and Development, who joined the ESA Business Incubation Centre Noordwijk in 2012, have successfully finished the program and is now a proud alumnus. During incubation Lens R&D developed a cheaper and better sunsensor for among others concentrated solar applications.

Strategic Inter-sectorial Partnerships for Economic and Social Change and Growth

The big guns of European science have hit back at calls for the position of chief scientist to be scrapped. Jean-Claude Juncker, President-elect of the European Commission, hints the role may be restructured

£10M initiative to test computer-controlled vehicles in three cities

Investment from angels is on the rise, but they need help to invest wisely. It’s time to professionalise angel investing, says Herwig Rollett, co-founder of the Business Angel Institute in Vienna

Imperial Innovations Group plc (AIM: IVO or 'the Group' 'Innovations') notes that Abzena plc ('Abzena') has today announced the pricing of its initial public offering, prior to seeking Admission of its shares to AIM.

Waters Corporation has secured a deal to acquire the technology behind the surgical "iKnife" being developed at Imperial College London.

The increasing importance of Brazil as an emerging key global player in education, research and innovation is to be underlined with the opening of a new UK university office in São Paulo this week.

The success of universities' innovation and enterprise activities was evaluated by MIT, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

University of Warwick to host central Hub with regional Spokes to be announced.