I didn't play since version 7, so maybe things changed

1) when an AI steal one on my R&D employee i have a great penalty on global research, even if i hire a new one very quickly. So i can loss 1 year on a 10 year research. Is there a way to compensate it?
2) i'd like a menu dedicated to research (there is one for reporting, but one for management would be great). When i have 100 R&D centers in many towns, it's a nightmare to find which one research what, or where i have to raise salary, etc ...
3) i'd like to link some R&D centers to make complex and get more than 9 guys to work on a project. Maybe add a funding research to speed it up a little by spending some millons per month on specific researchs
Thanks for reading
