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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

MEPs want to establish conditions where anyone can innovate. But evidence suggests such a protected environment won’t promote entrepreneurialism

In part two of a look at Europe’s cleantech prospects Joerg Sperling, Partner at the European cleantech investment fund WHEB Partners and president of the Tech Tour Cleantech Summit 2011, gives his pick of the best places to invest

Joerg Sperling, Partner at the European cleantech investment fund WHEB Partners and president of the Tech Tour Cleantech Summit 2011, gives his perspective on prospects for the sector for 2011

The UK’s science-based businesses will find much to welcome in the 2011 budget. But there are still many challenges ahead if the country is to unlock the vast potential of small and early-stage technology companies, says Jonathan Ware of the consultancy PLMR

A year after Science|Business highlighted the hurdles that stand in the way of deploying personalised medicine there has been progress, even if some barriers remain in place

As the second tranche of projects in the €2 billion Innovative Medicines Initiative was announced this week, a quick stock take of progress to date hints at what this wide-ranging collaboration could deliver