May 29, 2012

UK groups lag behind in adding services

Less than 30 per cent offer services and products

May 28, 2012

Spinout companies face funding challenge

University spinouts traverse the ‘valley of death’

May 27, 2012

Police foil move to destroy modified wheat

Protesters attempt to march on trial field is blocked

A researcher works on new antibiotics ©Science Photo Library From COMMENT May 27, 2012

Public health: Raised resistance

Cavalier use of medicines presents drug companies with a daunting task

The house under excavation in Guatemala is thought to have been home to a Mayan scribe From LIFE & ARTS May 26, 2012

World will go on, finds Mayan dig

The excavation of a ninth-century house in Xultún yields the ancients’ oldest astronomical calculations

May 25, 2012

Food battle looms on Hertfordshire fields

Protesters against genetically modified crops plan ‘mass action’

May 25, 2012

Australia and S Africa to share telescope site

The SKA set to transform view of the universe

From SPECIAL REPORTS May 22, 2012

‘Co-sourcing’: Cloud fosters collaboration

Businesses poised for leap of faith

May 21, 2012

GM wheat trial survives attack

Crop targeted ahead of planned weekend protest

From HEALTH May 20, 2012

AstraZeneca in experimental drugs push

Move may be funded jointly with private investors

From LIFE & ARTS May 19, 2012

Breaking ice on Jupiter’s moons

Europe’s next big space mission will be a €1bn project to investigate Ganymede, Europa and Callisto

From UK May 18, 2012

IoD advocates space hub to lift economy

Industry seen as launch pad for tourism growth

May 16, 2012

Breakthrough for brain-controlled robotics

Paralysed people able to drink for first time without help

May 16, 2012

Scientists call off geoengineering trial

Some feared test was step towards tampering with climate

May 16, 2012

Plastic Logic to shut US operations

Tech group abandons plans to manufacture ereaders

From HEALTH May 15, 2012

AstraZeneca among suitors eyeing Amylin

Analysts value US drugmaker at about $3.5bn

May 15, 2012

Technology M&A activity defies downturn

Deal volumes see half the fall of other sectors

From MARKETS May 14, 2012

China’s Citic in algorithmic trading deal

Broker to buy high-frequency technology from Progress Software

From LIFE & ARTS May 12, 2012

Monster boost for diabetes drugs

A gut hormone produced by the Gila monster lizard could be crucial in the treatment of type-2 diabetes

From MANAGEMENT May 11, 2012

For productivity apps, PCs still rule (for now)

Q&A with Nick Ingelbrecht of Gartner: research suggests that there is an inverse correlation between portable devices and PC usage.

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