Business

• Bell Labs bottoms out

  Institute pulls plug on basic research.

  20 August 2008

• IN BRIEF: Plans for the largest ever solar-power plants

  20 August 2008

• Report finds grave flaws in urology trial - Premium content

  Scandal erupts at Austrian medical school.

  14 August 2008

• San Francisco's biotech hub gets lift from Pfizer deal - Premium content

  13 August 2008

• US backs its biofuels - Premium content

  Environmental agency denies request to cut back on ethanol.

  7 August 2008

• Interdisciplinary science: Harvard under review - Premium content

  Harvard is embarking on an experiment to foster collaboration and interdisciplinary research. Corie Lok looks at whether it can change its culture and reinvent communities along the way.

  6 August 2008

• Climate war games - Premium content

  Role-play negotiations test the outcomes of global warming.

  5 August 2008

• Think tank reveals plan to manage tropical forests - Premium content

  Novel way to use carbon credits to save trees.

  23 July 2008

• Affymetrix in new patents row - Premium content

  MIT files suit over GeneChip technology.

  23 July 2008

• Roche bids for remaining Genentech stake - Premium content

  23 July 2008