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Credit: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via GettyChina has made no secret of its goal to attract the world’s best scientists. In the…

Apple Chui (left), Hannah Eisler Burnett (centre) and Taukiei Kitara study key issues for coastal communities.Credit: L: CPRO, The Chinese…

Kamran Abbasi, editor in chiefThe BMJkabbasi{at}bmj.comIn a recent lecture Chris Whitty, England’s chief medical officer, talked about how setbacks driven…

For nearly two decades, many scientists have relied on the h-index—which measures the productivity and citation impact of a researcher’s…

In the United States, more than one million women will enter menopause each year, according to the National Institute on…

On a foggy morning in the town of Asilomar in California, neuroscience and bioethics experts assembled this week to seek…

Over the past few decades, researchers studying the gut microbiome have noted associations between gut microbes and neurological conditions from…

China has seen increasing international enrolments as its universities grow in stature, but this has also brought challenges.Credit: Yang Bo/China…

Without changing a person’s caloric intake, intermittent fasting does not lead to measurable metabolic or cardiovascular improvements, according to new…

Historic vote heralds one of the largest ever public investments in neuroscience and neurodegenerative disease research. This week, voters in…