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The UK government has announced the members of a board set up to provide it with strategic advice on intellectual property issues.

UK pharmaceutical companies last year supported has nearly 14 per cent fewer PhD studentships and almost 25 per cent fewer postdoctoral grants than in 2003.

All research papers resulting from Irish Research Council funding must now be placed in an open access repository within six months of first publication.

High tech VC funding in Israel reached $617 million in the first quarter of 2008, the highest level for seven years,the IVC Research Center of Tel Aviv.