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Europe's political shake-up is approaching - for researchers, key factors such as immigration and funding hang in the balance.

Sector calls for compromise to ensure UK researchers stay in Horizon Europe.

The ageny may be exploring the idea of using expanded access - a more limiting program - in the early days of Covid vaccine rollouts.

Our recent issue publishes findings from leading researchers on an urgent quest for a vaccine against SARS-Cov-2. Vaccine development is…

A look at international activities on Open Science reveals a broad spectrum from individual institutional policies to national action plans. The present Recommendations for a National Open Science Strategy in Austria are based on these international initiatives and present practical considerations for their coordinated implementation with regard to strategic developments in research, technology and innovation (RTI) in Austria until 2030. The recommendation paper was developed from 2018 to 2020 by the OANA working group "Open Science Strategy" and published for the first time in spring 2020 for a public consultation. The now available final version of the recommendation document, which contains feedback and comments from the consultation, is intended to provide an impetus for further discussion and implementation of Open Science in Austria and serves as a contribution and basis for a potential national Open Science Strategy in Austria. The document builds on the diverse expertise of the authors (academia, administration, library and archive, information technology, science policy, funding system, etc.) and reflects their personal experiences and opinions.

The author is engaged in a project that seeks to convert publishers to business models that will allow them to publish their books openly, without using unaffordable book processing charges (which authors hate and which will not scale). As of today, the first press to take the leap: the Central European University Press can be announced. The model is called “Opening the Future”.

A Wikimedia initiative to develop open citations and linked bibliographic data to serve free knowledge. WikiCite is a series of conferences and workshops in support of that goal.

From a human-made virus to vaccine conspiracy theories, we rounded up the most insidious false claims about the pandemic

President Trump, a congressman and conspiracy fantasists have repeated the myth. But three kinds of evidence point to more than 218,000 U.S. deaths.

Most Americans view politics as two camps bickering endlessly and fruitlessly over unimportant issues.

The disruptions caused by COVID-19 have led to an acceleration in the digitization of all major aspects of life - and has brought to light who the laggards are, and who leads the charge.

Christie Sampson and Steven Vamosi were struck by the kindness of co-workers when coronavirus lockdowns began.

Unchecked ivermectin use in region is making it difficult to test anti-parasite drug's effectiveness against the coronavirus.

This year's open access week will be talking to a number of researchers.

It is essential for physicians and scientists to speak up to counter misinformation about COVID-19 amid a culture of fear.

The arrangement will allow some researchers in Germany to publish openly - but critics say it comes with a high price.

The more certain someone is about covid-19, the less you should trust them.

The world's best solar power schemes now offer the "cheapest…electricity in history" with the technology cheaper than coal and gas in most major countries.

Links between an anti-lockdown declaration and a libertarian thinktank suggest a hidden agenda, say scientists Trish Greenhalgh, Martin McKee and Michelle Kelly-Irving

Charts and maps show paradoxes of a pandemic that has claimed a million lives

Publishers have retracted more than 20 COVID-related papers. Are they learning from their mistakes and fixing process failures?

This year, candidates for tenure-track Assistant Professor positions in MB&B will be asked to submit anonymized applications—no names of people, places, funding agencies or journals.

How the world's greatest public health organization was brought to its knees by a virus, the president and the capitulation of its own leaders, causing damage that could last much longer than the coronavirus.

Review and commentary can help authors improve their articles; curation can provide readers with helpful context and enhance discoverability. But despite the benefits, barriers to reviewing and curating preprints remain.

Big moves to rebuild the scientific infrastructure are possible, argues Ulrich Dirnagl.

Analysis at Dutch university suggests researchers are not reporting a large number of animal experiments.

Open Access (OA) is central to the UK Government’s ambitions for research and innovation. Public funders are reviewing their OA policies and working collaboratively to understand how to take forward the Government’s ambitions.

Over the past few weeks, prominent scientific publications have condemned President Donald Trump's record on science. This is unprecedented.

Demonstrating research integrity is increasingly a demand for institutions receiving funding. However, whilst hundreds of articles have been written on the topic, precisely what this consists of is less clear.