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Australia beams up the biotech

The State of Victoria, Australia, population 5 million, wants to be in the top five for biotech by 2010 – and it’s building a synchrotron to help it get there.
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New science think tank for the UK

Newton’s Apple has been launched to bring a greater appreciation of the contribution that science, technology and engineering make to wealth and health.
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Germany names research "Ivy League"

Just three German universities are to get top funding as "elite" research institutions – concentrating resources on a few winners in a national contest to boost R&D and attract international investment.
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