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A funding crisis threatens development of new treatments for mental illness. There needs to be a renewed effort to tackle Europe’s foremost health care challenge – which is currently costing €386 billion per annum

News that criminal gangs were awarded huge EU grants looks like an open and closed case for greater scrutiny. But actually it underlines the need for less, not more red tape

It’s widely accepted that intellectual property and equity are essential ingredients for a start-up. But this is not true in every case

Venture capital is the driving force of much entrepreneurial activity and Europe needs to look to the US role model to understand how it can promote and develop its venture capital sector, says a new report

A global culture is developing on the Internet. As a consequence, Internet users of all ages and social class now share values with each other that they don’t share with their fellow (offline) citizens.

A UK investigation demonstrates the essential role intellectual property plays in innovation - and makes a compelling case for reform

Europe may be competitive in nanotech research, but it needs to pay more attention to commercialisation, says Aymeric Sallin, a venture capitalist who specialises in investing in this field

The contenders for FET flagship status – and €1B funding - may be unprecedented in scale for basic research projects, but they should look to the EIT’s Knowledge and Innovation Communities before expending time and effort on devising new operating models.

There’s a real opportunity for the European Parliament and US Congress to work together on research, standards and regulations to improve the overall climate for innovation, says Bart Gordon, former chairman of the US House Committee on Science and Technology.

Building on its heritage as a former technology transfer office, Imperial Innovations is now applying its £160M cash mountain to redraw the landscape for academic spin-outs