David Matthews

German minister calls for countries to be more “alert” when dealing with China and other autocracies. Scientific collaboration, at least rhetorically, is increasingly a question of values

Academics mourn losing principal investigator status in the teams they created. The failure to agree UK association has left consortia scrambling to rescue projects, resulting in months of paperwork and delays

Science minister George Freeman visited Brussels on Wednesday in a last-ditch attempt to end the 18-month deadlock over association to the EU research programme

WHO is creating new guidelines to stop lab leaks and the development of bioweapons. But scientists, focused on projects and funding, see only the benefits, rather than the risks, of their work, report warns.

In advance of the G7 heads of state get together later this month, the academies are demanding action on pandemic preparedness, zoonotic diseases, decarbonisation and melting ice

Work on the UK’s Plan B alternative is intensifying as patience with Brussels wanes. The plan is set to include more money for SMEs and innovation, and to tilt research collaboration away from the EU

Graduates of universities that do well in research-focused league tables will now be able to come to the UK without a job offer. But even ranking organisations are sceptical of the policy, which heavily favours US institutions

The protocols for email and the internet are often maintained by overstretched volunteers, causing security holes when they fail. Berlin wants more support for this behind-the-scenes technology.

‘Quad’ countries to work together on semiconductors, telecoms, quantum and space. A new fellowship to bring 100 students to the US each year

More than 70 research institutions have an explicit ban on defence-related projects, and there are few signs that the Ukraine invasion will convince them to shift course