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German entrepreneur Lars Hinrichs has a new, off-the-peg approach to incubating start-ups. Could this plug the yawning gap in Europe’s venture capital system?

One game-changer can deliver the promise of personalised healthcare. It is information technology, says Alan Davies of GE Healthcare.

Supporters of R&D funding in Parliament are pushing to defend the EU’s flagship Framework Programme 7 from possible budget cuts, according to a leading MEP.

A new US study has traced the origins of 100 companies to cutting-edge university research sponsored by government agencies.

Once researched behind closed doors, biofuels from micro-organisms and enzymes are starting to reach pilot plants in France, the US, and Brazil.

A €500 million initiative to boost European supercomputer capacity and open it up to scientists across Europe gets off the ground this week.

The UK’s Motor Neurone Disease Association is funding its first stem cell research programme to develop models of the disease.

The World Intellectual property Organisation has launched WIPO GOLD, a free, on-line global intellectual property reference resource.

The UK Innovation Forum (UKIF) has been set up to foster relations between academics and businesses and promote the commercialisation of university research.

The European project MODERN has been launched to design the next generation computer chips, using variable and unreliable nanotransistors.