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Financing high-tech start-ups is not getting any easier, but a pioneering UK biotech may have an escape route

Computers have transformed our working lives. Now as they become pervasive elsewhere, leading experts call for an overhaul of research in human–computer interaction.

Small is beautiful: patent applications are continuing to rise, but the European Patent Office is pleased that the number it grants is falling.

Researchers at top US universities have gone on the offensive against NIH cuts, saying they will wipe out a generation of junior scientists.

The Lisbon Strategy is working, but global financial instability means Europe needs to redouble its efforts in implementing reforms

One moment environmental poster child, the next grim reaper. It’s time to draw breath and plan for the appropriate, sustainable use of biofuels, says Science|Business’s Nuala Moran.

Earth observation from space is entering an expansion phase as the private sector chases new commercial opportunities, according to analyst firm Euroconsult.

A common format for filing patent applications to the European, Japanese and US patent offices will be introduced at the beginning of next year.

The European Commission has added the Digital Video Broadcasting Handheld standard to the EU List of Standards, a move it hopes will promote the development of single market for mobile television.

that Bonn University has won the competition to host the new German Centre for Research into Neuro-Degenerative Diseases.