King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) signed Wednesday a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Thomson Reuters Foundation for Intellectual Property and Science with the aim of boosting scientific research in the Kingdom. Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Suwailem, vice president KACST, said the agreement would strengthen scientific research in the Kingdom with a global perspective to achieve the vision of the Kingdom becoming a knowledge-based society and economy by 1445 H.