UK government ‘profoundly worried’ about research security

Angela McLean tells of approach by researcher in China after becoming science adviser to MOD

The UK’s most senior scientific adviser has said the government is “profoundly worried” about research security, and that most academics are not aware of the scale of the problem.

Angela McLean also said she had been approached by a mysterious researcher in China offering to work in her lab, soon after she was appointed chief scientific adviser to the UK Ministry of Defence.