Study show that elite scientists really do hold back science
Scientists can be stubborn. They can use their gravitas to steamroll new ideas. Which means those new ideas often only prevail when older scientists die.
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Tradition and innovation in scientists' research strategies
An analysis of the essential tension identifies institutional forces that sustain tradition and suggestions of policy interventions to foster innovation.
Investment firms nurture university start-ups
Unique companies invest early and often to develop technology from the ivory tower.
Britain’s R&D funding needs no innovation
Turning research grants into loans risks stymieing successful industry
Does innovation always come from science?
Essay triggers lively arguments over how basic science should be funded.
The case for abolishing patents (yes, all of them)
Would we be possibly be better off without any patents at all?
Europe's technological irrelevance
Please, European universities, stop playing in the second league when it comes to fundraising. Go out and ask your alumni for resources to help you build the next Stanford.
The 12 hottest startups in Switzerland
We collected some of Switzerland's most exciting technology startups and ranked them by the amount raised, headcount, and how cool and original they are.
Whose brains are draining?
Poor countries often complain that their best minds are draining away—and for the most part they are right. The poorer the country, the larger the proportion of inventors who push off.
Time to fix patents
Today’s patent regime operates in the name of progress. Instead, it sets innovation back. Time to fix it.
Einstein was boring before he was brilliant
Innovation almost always requires long periods of quite traditional training.
Biotech boot camp
US funding agencies are turning to a Silicon Valley entrepreneur to focus fledgling biomedical companies on success — even when that means making a scientific course correction.
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This article investigates the Innovation Union Scoreboard (IUS) as a tool to carry out case studies about national innovation capacities in the case of given countries..
Pope Francis announced a Startup Accelerator
A startup accelerator called "Scholas.Labs" was announced during an education event hosted by Pope Francis.
Damaging effects of the current patent system in the US
A patent system that is so broken that almost no patented discoveries ever get used.
DIYBio comes of age
The next generation of DIYBio tools are coming, and this time they mean business.
What can Europe learn from Silicon Valley?
Christoph Keese, Manager at Axel Springer publishing house, published his experiences of living in Silicon Valley in a book.
Does science suffer an ‘innovation deficit’?
U.S. science lobbyists coined the phrase "innovation deficit" last year
Venture capitalists return to backing science start-ups
After years of shying away from science, engineering and clean-technology start-ups, investors are beginning to take an interest in them again.
There's not a creativity deficit in science
Reply to a recent opinion stating that creativity was being suppressed in science.
Is there a creativity deficit in science?
If so, the current funding system shares much of the blame.
"Wir brauchen in Europa die kreative Zerstörung"
Nobelpreisträger Edmund Phelps spricht Europa Innovationskraft ab. Die Menschen seien zu behütet. Der Kontinent lebe von der Substanz.
Creating an ever-flexible center for tech innovation
Dan Huttenlocher, dean of the Cornell Tech Campus, shares what it's like building an innovation center.
Global Innovation Report 2014
Switzerland is the world’s most innovative economy, followed by Sweden, Singapore, Hong Kong and Finland, according to the GII 2014.
In research, weird is wonderful
If everyone likes your research, you can be certain that you have not done anything important. That is the first thing to grasp. Conflict goes with the territory. Innovation comes when universities encourage risk-taking, says Andrew Oswald.
The age of invention isn't dead - it just needs time
The biggest thing holding invention back is our impatience. With enough time and support, young engineers will develop the technology we need.
Industry-funded academic inventions boost innovation
Brian D. Wright and colleagues present data challenging the assumption that corporate-funded academic research is less accessible and useful to others.
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