George Osborne, the UK Chancellor, has picked energy storage, synthetic biology and regenerative medicine as research areas that the government wants to nurture.
In a speech at the Royal Society in London on 9 November, Osborne set out eight “general-purpose technologies” in which the government thinks UK scientists can “lead the world”. The chosen areas also include data and computing, agri-science, advanced materials, robotics, and space technology.
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