My daily selection of the most interesting news on the internets:

• Silicon Valley Continues to Lead North American Metros – Silicon Valley, the largest and most influential high-tech center in the world, continues to lead all other metropolitan regions in North America in the breadth and scope of economic activity it creates through technological innovation. But many other metros have built strong and diverse industries that should allow them to prosper when the global economy recovers, according to a new report from the Milken Institute.
• Obama vows to boost science ties with Muslim world – The United States' commitment to science diplomacy in parts of the developing world assumed a firmer shape yesterday (4 June) when its president, Barack Obama, outlined a science plan during his landmark speech at Cairo University in Egypt.
• Split Over Open Access – In the debate over "open access" to scholarly research, the Association of American University Presses has weighed in on the "anti" side of things, backing legislation that would end a federal requirement that work supported by the National Institutes of Health be available online and free within 12 months of publication.
• Times Higher Education – UCL embraces open access with institution-wide mandate – University College London has become the latest British institution to introduce a mandatory open-access repository for its scholars' work in what is a growing international trend. The institution announced this week that all its researchers will have to deposit their papers in UCL's online repository, where they will be accessible free of charge.

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