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Results for 'Innovation'

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  The top academic and corporate partners in the Nature Index

  Exploring complementary strengths is the key to success in industry–academia science partnerships.

  
  

  • Mark Zastrow

  Listings 8 Dec 2017
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  Help wanted: Industry seeks science alliances

  Companies publishing high-quality research are looking to academia for assistance.
  

  • Katharine Gammon

  News 7 Dec 2017
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  Measure for measure

  COMMENT: Numbers on science and innovation do not always reflect performance. 

  • Aidan Byrne

  Comment 26 Sep 2017
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  Game changers

  Some papers have a profound and obvious influence on future research and industry applications. Patents citing these life science papers indicate their bearing on developments which have widespread health implications.

  • Branwen Morgan & Annabel McGilvray

  25 Aug 2017
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  Japan's strategy for growth highlights innovation

  Collaboration with companies will become more important in the government’s science and technology strategies.

  • Ichiko Fuyuno

  News 15 Aug 2017
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  Michael Sporn: A legacy of greater knowledge

  For the love of discovery, a biochemist freely shared the research which laid the groundwork for widely-used drugs.

  • Elie Dolgin

  10 Aug 2017
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  Japan's plan to cultivate more entrepreneurial scientists

  Although government efforts to encourage innovation face significant obstacles. 

  • Ian Munroe

  10 May 2017
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  How Todai is encouraging research spinoffs

  It was the first Japanese university to establish a venture capital firm.

  • Ian Munroe

  11 Apr 2017
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  A great leap forward, but China needs more scientists

  OECD survey reveals the country’s science spending frenzy, noting a need for investment in innovation and invention.

  • Ivy Shih

  Listings 21 Mar 2017
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  The team of scientists finding new ways to develop drugs for kids with rare cancers

  An encounter helped kick-start the development of new cancer drugs.

  • Neil Savage

  News 2 Dec 2016
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  Innovators file record number of patent applications in China

  China's appetite for patents leads the world. 

  • Ivy Shih

  News 24 Nov 2016
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  How should governments measure innovation?

  There is a need to account for all types of innovation, from big to small. 

  • Branwen Morgan

  News 11 Oct 2016
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  Measuring the impact of R&D spending

  Does pouring money into research always translate into better outcomes?
  

  • Myles Gough

  News 6 Oct 2016
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  Is backing bright people a bright idea?

  Whether it is better to fund researchers or their ideas is an ongoing debate.

  • Branwen Morgan

  News 29 Aug 2016
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  Rising stars: Baylor, the best medicine

  BCM’s contribution to high-quality research rose 39% from 2012 to 2015.

  • James Mitchell Crow, Mark Zastrow

  News 25 Jul 2016