AB Volvo has hired Jan-Eric Sundgren, the president of Chalmers University of Technology, to become a member of its executive committee, overseeing the Swedish carmaker's ties with public authorities and academia.

A Swiss team has developed a reliable blood test for younger, live cows. Now it is looking for investment to develop a test for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans.

IP2IPO Group, which specialises in commercialising university technology, has made an exclusive 25-year deal with the University of Bristol to form spin-out companies from the university. Analysts greeted the deal as a boost for the company.

A British pharmaceutical distributor, Beckpharma Ltd., said it licensed two Cuban healthcare products to sell in Europe as part of a broader effort for trade links.

A politician's gaffe highlights the gender gap in science. Political action, not talk, is what's needed to close it.

A British start-up is betting it has a better way for television networks to watch their viewers watching them.

Scientists are moving around as never before. And, argues Jean Guinet from the OECD, that’s not necessarily a bad thing.