For more than 25 years, UW-Madison has consistently ranked among the top five universities for research expenditures

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Laboratories today face complex scientific and business challenges that require key insights into laboratory operations.

In our fast-moving 21st-century economy we increasingly see laboratory facilities relocating, expanding rapidly, or, in some cases, closing.

Latest figures show companies invested more of their own funds

Focus on getting published in big-name journals, excessive regulation could be slowing progress on new drug approvals and life expectancy gains, researchers say

Ohio State plays key role in launch of I-Corps@Ohio.

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading company for innovative and top-quality high-tech products in healthcare, life science and performance materials, announced June 15 that the European Commission has approved its planned acquisition of U.S.-based life science company Sigma-Aldrich.

INTEGRA has created a short, simple and engaging ‘SimpleShow’ format video to explain the safety features of their FIREBOY Safety Bunsen Burner.

It has been over 40 months since President Obama signed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) into law in September 2011, climaxing years of feverish legislative wrangling. AIA was heralded as a game-changer, the dawning of an equitable intellectual property (IP) regimen that rewarded research scientists and innovators beset by ineffectual patent processes and procedures.

Likely the most successful company to result from university research innovation was Google. But, when such a startup comes out of a university, which party owns the intellectual property (IP) rights?

New methods are improving connections between private businesses and technology from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, with 101 licenses and options executed during the last three years.