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Publishers Invest in Preprints

Publishers Invest in Preprints

Major scholarly publishers have invested substantially in preprints in recent years, integrating preprint deposit into manuscript submission workflows.

The Epic Battle Against Coronavirus Misinformation and Conspiracy Theories

The Epic Battle Against Coronavirus Misinformation and Conspiracy Theories

Analysts are tracking false rumours about COVID-19 in hopes of curbing their spread.

U.S. Lawmakers Unveil Bold $100 Billion Plan to Remake NSF

U.S. Lawmakers Unveil Bold $100 Billion Plan to Remake NSF

Agency would get a huge infusion of cash, and responsibility for maintaining U.S. global leadership in innovation, under bipartisan bills that have just been introduced in both houses of Congress.

Study Tells 'Remarkable Story' About COVID-19's Deadly Rampage Through a South African Hospital

Study Tells 'Remarkable Story' About COVID-19's Deadly Rampage Through a South African Hospital

On 9 March, a patient who had recently traveled to Europe and had symptoms of COVID-19 visited the emergency department of St Augustine’s in Durban, South Africa. Eight weeks later, 39 patients and 80 staff linked to the hospital had been infected, and 15 patients had died.

Swissuniversities and Elsevier Adopt a Pilot Agreement Combining Reading and Publishing

Swissuniversities and Elsevier Adopt a Pilot Agreement Combining Reading and Publishing

Swissuniversities has adopted a new transformative pilot agreement with Elsevier for research access and Open Access publishing in Switzerland.

Preprinting a Pandemic: the Role of Preprints in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Preprinting a Pandemic: the Role of Preprints in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Analysis of over 16,000 preprints released within 4 months of the first confirmed case found that COVID-19 preprints are shorter, with fewer panels and tables, and reviewed faster.

Six Tips for Data Sharing in the Age of the Coronavirus

Six Tips for Data Sharing in the Age of the Coronavirus

Researchers are rushing to pool resources and data sets to tackle the pandemic, but the new era of openness comes with concerns around privacy, ownership and ethics.

Researchers: Nearly Half Of Accounts Tweeting About Coronavirus Are Likely Bots

Researchers: Nearly Half Of Accounts Tweeting About Coronavirus Are Likely Bots

Nearly half of the Twitter accounts spreading messages on the social media platform about the coronavirus pandemic are likely bots, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University said.

Scientists Baffled by Decision to Stop a Pioneering Coronavirus Testing Project

Scientists Baffled by Decision to Stop a Pioneering Coronavirus Testing Project

Researchers looking to make tests widely available worry as regulators freeze the team that first identified US community spread.

These Are The Fake Experts Pushing Pseudoscience And Conspiracy Theories About The Coronavirus Pandemic

These Are The Fake Experts Pushing Pseudoscience And Conspiracy Theories About The Coronavirus Pandemic

A guide to the spin doctors and conspiracy theorists clogging up your social media feed.

Sweden Becomes Country with Highest Coronavirus Death Rate Per Capita

Sweden Becomes Country with Highest Coronavirus Death Rate Per Capita

Sweden has now overtaken the UK, Italy and Belgium to have the highest coronavirus per capita death rate in the world, throwing its decision to avoid a strict lockdown into further doubt.

Why America's Students, Colleges and Universities Deserve More Financial Relief

Why America's Students, Colleges and Universities Deserve More Financial Relief

 A more substantial investment of $47 billion is needed to meet the needs of families and schools as they prepare for the next academic year.

Data Sharing in the Current Crisis

Data Sharing in the Current Crisis

Data sharing and COVID-19- the pandemic is changing the way scientists work and talk to each other. The Early Career Researchers advisory board at Wellcome Open Research discuss how COVID-19 is changing science.

Vaccine Experts Say Moderna's Covid-19 Data Leave Big Questions

Vaccine Experts Say Moderna's Covid-19 Data Leave Big Questions

While Moderna blitzed the media, it revealed very little information - and most of what it did disclose were words, not data.

The First Footprints on Mars Could Belong to This Geologist

The First Footprints on Mars Could Belong to This Geologist

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins is at the forefront of a new crop of space explorers destined for the Moon, and maybe one day, Mars.

How to Address the Coronavirus's Outsized Toll on People of Colour

How to Address the Coronavirus's Outsized Toll on People of Colour

US scientists say that better data, testing and hospital preparedness are key to erasing inequalities - and to defeating the pandemic overall.

Open-access Science Funders Announce Price Transparency Rules for Publishers

Open-access Science Funders Announce Price Transparency Rules for Publishers

Science journals will have to disclose the costs of publishing articles by July 2022 in order for them to be paid for by a coalition of research funders pushing for open access.

Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine Generates Immune Response, Early Data Show

Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine Generates Immune Response, Early Data Show

The immune response is similar to the response seen in people who have been infected by the virus, known as SARS-CoV-2, and recovered.

SNSF Data Portal - SNSF Key Figures and COVID-19 Project Registry

SNSF Data Portal - SNSF Key Figures and COVID-19 Project Registry

The Swiss National Science Foundation's new Data Portal presents interactive key figures about research grant funding activity. In addition, its COVID-19 project registry provides information about Swiss research projects seeking answers to the COVID-19 pandemic.