Ramos had given bottom side Hertha the lead in the eighth minute at the Olympic Stadium when he latched on to a intelligent through-ball from Cicero and directed a shot past Rene Adler from the right edge of the penalty area.

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But because the funding is directed to these specific areas, there is less money overall to fund staff and cutting-edge research outside those deemed by Prof Beddington and senior members of the research community as strategically important.

BBC: Science correspondent, BBC News