King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) signed today a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Thomson Reuters Foundation for Intellectual Property and Science. Under the agreement, Thomson Reuters Foundation for Intellectual Property and Science will be a strategic partner for the city in the field of scientific information and patents with the aim of booting scientific research in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia The agreement will also strengthen the presence of scientific research in the Kingdom with a global perspective to contribute to achieving the vision of the Kingdom to become a knowledge-based society and economy by 1445 H., according to KACST's Vice President for support for Scientific Research, Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Suwailem.