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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.

Without access to easy to use analysis tools, patents are becoming an expensive hindrance to many small companies, says Mick McLean, Head of Economics and Public Policy at Scientific Generics.

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

Researchers usually don't complain about their working conditions, but they aren't keen on working in run-down labs. Trouble is, it is getting more expensive to build new facilities.

This week, from May 22 to May 27, the World Health Organisation (WHO) holds its Annual Assembly meeting in Geneva, which brings together representatives from all 192 member countries. As usual for such an august gathering, it will cover a wide variety of topics, including the controversial issue of intellectual property.

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

I had an interesting meeting with a senior executive in charge of strategy and business development at one of the major European media groups last Friday.

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).

I recently had the opportunity to take part on an investor panel at the Total Telecom World Telecommunications Congress in Geneva. The panel featured both happy VCs behind new telecommunication technologies (VoIP, IP convergence etc…) and troubled telecom executives.

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

Not only am I an ardent tracker of the IP landscape, but the opportunity to build a much-needed knowledge network with the leading European producers and consumers of IP is unique and irresistible.

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.

Every little bit helps if you are a start up looking for market opportunities. Launchpad Europe has a methodology and a proposition.

Cancer Research UK plans to rescue viable compounds stuck on the shelves of pharma and biotech companies.

The European Commission told universities to modernise and pull their weight in the EU’s plans to become the leading knowledge-based economy, as it released an action plan for change.

A new centre has opened in Manchester with a brief to develop new materials that will be used to construct lighter, more fuel-efficient aircraft.

A purpose built e-Science Research Institute was opened at Durham University earlier this month by the UK's chief scientific adviser, Sir David King.

Having our cake and eating it – Europe's food research strategy wants the most appetising food to be the healthy option, too.

The European Union has declared its pilot programme to promote the use of hydrogen-powered vehicles a success – and announced a further €105 million scheme.