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Basic science remains of central importance, John Denham, UK Secretary of State for Innovation reassured the UK’s leading scientists in a speech last month.

An exclusive focus on regulatory issues means we are ignoring a crucial longer-term question: the global competitiveness of the European ICT sector, says Martin Fransman.

A new approach to collaboration in research sounds like it would serve Europe well. And, Nuala Moran discovers, the model is being pioneered by a European company.

R&D Commissioner Janez Potočnik is keen to see his country, Slovenia, advancing the European Research Area during its EU Presidency. But, asks Nuala Moran, is the necessary momentum there?

The Internet has unleashed waves of innovation – from online banking to virtual drug discovery. But it has also spawned the rise of organised cybercrime.

The UK government has asked the National Endowment for Science, Technology & the Arts to come up with a new index of innovation achievement. But by any measure, says NESTA’s Sami Mahroum, the UK is moving up.

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

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.

The latest Eurostat data show Europe is not delivering on the Lisbon targets. So what is to be done, asks Bruno van Pottelsberghe from the think tank Bruegel.

An OECD conference highlights the hottest trend in corporate R&D. But take heed: in business or politics, beware too much success, says Richard L. Hudson.