Medicine

Chinese biophysicist jailed for three years for experiment that led to live births of three genetically altered children

Mateusz Zatoński is disappointed by an ambitious overview of the development of smoking

Science communicator and hospital consultant warns narrow selection of people accessing prestigious subjects is harming society 

More Russian universities join top 100 of subject tables 

The competition among 20 Georgian institutions for international medical students raises a host of quality concerns, says Michèle Wera

Richard Joyner considers a lively overview of all things solar

US NIH finding raises hopes of focused funding, but concerns of bandwagon outlook

Much important scientific research takes place outside laboratories. The history of science can only be enriched, argues Vanessa Heggie, if we give equal attention to other sites

Sir Peter Ratcliffe, William Kaelin and Gregg Semenza awarded 2019 prize

Shane McCorristine considers the illicit and sometimes horrifying ways teaching institutions used to secure corpses for trainee doctors to learn anatomy

Bath researchers seek to combine scholarly rigour with campaigning zeal

French-born scientist’s discoveries explained the organising principle of the adaptive immune system

Martin Keck, who led the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry’s hospital, is being investigated by Munich’s public prosecutor

Survey affirms need for boosting human-based concerns in admissions and curricula

But multibillion-dollar cash injection risks further sidelining the humanities

The controversy over a Harvard dean’s defence of Harvey Weinstein is no reason to disregard the core academic mission, says Sandro Galea 

King’s College London moves opens debate over role of such knowledge in countries without significant Aboriginal populations

As public debate grows crude, University of Miami’s Julio Frenk pushes faculty to emphasise thoughtful alternatives

Lack of detail, not due process, is at the heart of concerns about medical research handouts in Australia, writes John Ross 

Call for more transparency over disbursement of Australia’s A$20 billion (£10.7 billion) Medical Research Future Fund

Vice-chancellor says collaboration with Trinity College Dublin will give institution ‘options and opportunities’

Tributes paid to leading haematologist who transformed our understanding of blood clotting

Toronto scholars say Ethiopia collaboration has helped reverse brain drain and led to important milestones for country

Tokenistic and irrelevant assessments of research’s social value are holding back progress, say Clarence Tam and three others

A Twitter storm over a remark he made on diversity policy reminds Jeffrey Flier why he was so wary of speaking out while a Harvard dean

Chinese university features in global top 10 for life sciences for first time

Sponsors that do not meet rules should have ethical approval for future experiments withheld, says Science and Technology Committee

After stockpiling land for decades, leading US university plans $1 billion (£774 million) science complex 

US medical training has embraced wider perspectives, but progress might be slower elsewhere, scholars say

Ann Hughes samples an account of household recipe creation in 17th-century England

Academia’s exacting standards on attribution are spot on. It is their inconsistent implementation that is the problem, says David Sanders

Details of proposals to be set out in coming months

Thirty-two academic institutions have so far failed to report any of their trial data in accordance with new European Union rules

The president-elect of the Royal Statistical Society on stepping into Gladstone’s shoes, Florence Nightingale and why Brexit is nightmare for medical statisticians

Lille’s medical dean says subject will no longer be taught because it lacks ‘absolute scientific proof’

Institutions say they don’t doctor their admissions, but figures tell a different story

Data from 55 institutions suggest efforts to improve retention have had little effect

Tributes paid to one of the world’s leading experts on pesticides

Tributes paid to a leading African expert on heart disease

Tributes paid to tuberculosis expert who worked on the first randomised controlled clinical trial

Martin Chalfie argues that young scientists who ‘play the game’ of publishing in selective journals are less likely to win permanent posts

Tributes paid to “inspirational” scientist who transformed understanding of a rare disease

The geriatrician and television star on hitch-hiking to Paris, the secret of ageing well, and how an elderly man’s rectal prolapse helped him realise his vocation

New guidance responds to concerns that much hyperbolic science reporting can be traced back to university communications teams

Tributes paid to expert in interprofessional education who worked on both sides of the Atlantic

The Hepi/Advance HE Student Academic Survey finds undergraduates at gold-rated institutions do not rank teaching staff highly

Tributes paid to microbiologist whom many considered worthy of a Nobel prize

Depictions of sick human bodies were valuable in advancing medical knowledge, says Helen Bynum

Regional students and research facilities claim the spoils in a benign budget for universities

Book of the week: Rachel Moss praises a study that peels back the skin of a misunderstood era often defined by death

Antarctic scientist who studied survival in cold environments remembered

Public health academic says studies must speak the same language as their subjects

Contagion!, set to be broadcast on 22 March, estimates a death toll of 890,000 from an outbreak of a Spanish flu-type virus

While supervisors say protracted shifts are a crucial part of medical education, new research finds no benefit

Minister says the UK has much to learn from Israel’s scientific excellence and entrepreneurial flair

Announcements are part of wider initiative to increase number of training places by 1,500 over three years

Tributes paid to pioneering cardiac researcher

New courses from University of London and Imperial College London include platform’s first bachelor’s programme

Accusations are a ‘cruel and empty provocation against dedicated scientist’, say sector leaders

Elsevier metrics reveal the institutions and individuals who are driving forward research in the field