The university, which hopes to open a campus in California in 2018, will set up a business development centre at the site modelled on its existing commercialisation arm Warwick Ventures.

Viclink has introduced a scheme, supported by 26 international institutions, that gives businesses and non-governmental organisations access to free licences for university research.

Arizona University's tech transfer office Tech Launch Arizona has reported record numbers for the past academic year with 14 new spinouts generated.

Institutions including Purdue, Florida and Pittsburgh have ended the academic year with TTOs breaking their own records year-on-year.

Research into a material that can transform from opaque to transparent draws the interest of companies as Cambridge Enterprise commercialises the work.

Phomera Technologies unlocks an industrial process to replicate the colour-changing properties of butterfly wings.

Chile brings together 26 universities and 12 science laboratories with a fund to centralise technology transfer with three hubs in the country.

LSU looks for businesspeople close to the university to mentor its faculty and researchers in entrepreneurship to support the I-Corps Sites summer program.