For the first time in a decade, total R&D funding in the US is forecast to drop, but the decline is expected to prompt more international collaborations and research with dual benefits.
Graham Spittle, Vice President Software for UK, Ireland and South Africa with IBM, has been re-appointed as Chair of the UK Technology Strategy Board (TSB), for a further three years.
South African scientists will gain access to European molecular biology research through the European Molecular Biology Organization after their government signed a cooperation agreement.
There was an unprecedented number of cybersquatting cases in 2007, according to the latest statistics from the World Intellectual Property Organisation.
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