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The article discusses that the flagship journal "K-theory" has been split up into a strange dispute after mathematician Anthony Bak withheld all the received papers for its publication in Germany. It states that Bak left the journal because of production problems and high subscription rate. Then, he arranged to introduce a rival title with other publisher that offer lower subscription rate. The journal publisher fired Bak because of this illegal act. Meanwhile, information on the reactions of the editors on this initiative is offered.

The article discusses the long-rumbling hostilities between stem cell researchers in Germany after "Nature" released a reanalysis of data from the 2008 article. The researchers behind the original work reported with the use of cells from adult human testes to make pluripotent stem cells having the same properties to embryonic stem cells. The paper made headlines because such pluripotent stem cells may be used rather than ethically sensitive human embryonic tissue.

Presents data concerning the submissions of Germany-based authors published in scientific periodical "Nature". Number of submissions to "Nature" from Germany since January 1, 2005; Number of authors published in "Nature" who were working in Germany; Number of authors working in Germany who have had more than one paper published in "Nature" since January 1, 2005.