China has overtaken the US to become the biggest contributor to nature-science journals, in a sign of the country’s growing influence in the world of academic research. Read more

Calls to transform the European Union’s research repository into a “collective, non-profit, large-scale publishing service for the public good” that could rival commercial publishers have been described as “naïve” and a distraction to the open-access mission by experts. Read more

More than 40 leading scientists have resigned en masse from the editorial board of a top science journal in protest at what they describe as the “greed” of publishing giant Elsevier. Read more

Further security service-directed restrictions could deal ‘serious blow’ to West’s China studies and isolate Chinese academics Read more

Scientific community counts nation’s economic losses from two decades of underinvestment but can’t budge Trudeau government Read more

New rules in China to regulate gene editing in humans don't go far enough, a leading expert has warned scientists. Read more

Troves of ancient artefacts unearthed during building and infrastructure works are gathering dust in warehouses as England's museums run out of space, the BBC has learned. Read more

US’ leading basic research funder says links in grant applications compromise security and fairness, but scientists call the ban antiquated Read more

The UK's new cabinet minister for science says that she will have a "relentless focus" on using research to make people's lives better. Read more

The British Antarctic Survey says it has seen nothing so far that would endanger its Halley research station, following Sunday's big iceberg calving. Read more