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How Do You Treat Coronavirus? Here Are Physicians' Best Strategies
Doctors are applying a torrent of COVID-19 research to patient care, from first symptoms to recovery
14 Lessons for the Next Pandemic
We asked doctors, scientists, public health experts and health advocates to take a look back - what would they redo, if they could?
Wikipedia Is Finally Asking Big Tech to Pay Up
The Big Four all lean on the encyclopedia at no cost. With the launch of Wikimedia Enterprise, the volunteer project will change that-and possibly itself too.
Who is Camille Noûs, the Fictitious French Researcher with Nearly 200 Papers?
Who is Camille Noûs, the Fictitious French Researcher with Nearly 200 Papers?
A group of mathematicians invents a fictional researcher as a form of protest, but ethicists argue that the campaign is misguided.
The Biggest Big Deal
The newly announced California/Elsevier transformative agreement will test the financial sustainability and the financial desirability of the multi-payer model.
Volunteers Will Live 40 Days Underground in Pyrenees Cave
A group of volunteers is preparing to live in complete isolation deep in a cave in southwest France for 40 days as part of a wide-ranging study into human behaviour.
Female Professors in Switzerland? Still a Way to Go
Although women now make up a narrow majority of students, few make it to the academic upper echelons in Switzerland. Change is coming about... slowly.
The Official PLOS Blog: A Farewell to ALM, but Not to Article-level Metrics!
PLOS partners with Altmetrics.
Scientists Want Virtual Meetings to Stay After the COVID Pandemic
Scientists Want Virtual Meetings to Stay After the COVID Pandemic
A Nature poll shows that a year of online research conferences has brought big benefits, but blending them with in-person meetings in future will be a challenge.
Goals-based R&D Policy: High Popularity, Low Effectiveness - What is the Likelihood of the UK Reaching Its Target of Spending 2.4% of GDP on R&D by 2027? - HEPI
Goals-based R&D Policy: High Popularity, Low Effectiveness - What is the Likelihood of the UK Reaching Its Target of Spending 2.4% of GDP on R&D by 2027? - HEPI
A few days ago, the head of UK Research and Investment, Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser, said the Government's target of having 2.4% of GDP spent on research and development (R&D) by 2027 was 'very challenging'. Here, Adão Carvalho of the Department of Economics at the Universidade de Évora in Portugal considers the poor record of such past […]
UK Scientists Attack 'Reckless' Tory Cuts to International Research
Projects tackling some of world's major problems - including the climate crisis - are set to be cancelled or cut back after budget cuts.
There's No Proof the Oxford Vaccine Causes Blood Clots. So Why Are People Worried?
There's No Proof the Oxford Vaccine Causes Blood Clots. So Why Are People Worried?
It's human nature to spot patterns in data. But we should be careful about finding causal links where none may exist, says statistician David Spiegelhalter
Female Professors in Switzerland? Still a Way to Go
Although women now make up a narrow majority of students, few make it to the academic upper echelons in Switzerland. Change is coming about... slowly.
MIT Unveils Program to Help Grad Students Find a New Adviser
MIT Unveils Program to Help Grad Students Find a New Adviser
Graduate student advocacy groups were central to designing the program, which provides a semester of funding if a trainee needs time to find a new mentor.
Europe Moves to Exclude Neighbors from Its Quantum and Space Research
The European Commission is trying to block countries outside the European Union from participating in quantum computing and space projects under Horizon Europe, its new research funding program.
Stockton's Basic-Income Experiment Pays Off
A new study of the city's program that sent cash to struggling individuals finds dramatic changes.
We Must Urgently Build an Inclusive Science Advocacy Movement
We Must Urgently Build an Inclusive Science Advocacy Movement
On March 4, 1969, the Union of Concerned Scientists held its first public event at MIT with the goal of disrupting teaching and research to give way to a different kind of teaching-reflecting on the misuse of scientific knowledge. It's relevance is continued.
Investigating the Association Between Publication Performance and the Work Environment of University Research Academics
Investigating the Association Between Publication Performance and the Work Environment of University Research Academics
This review highlights where academics’ performance needs support and how the work environment can be improved to bolster publication productivity.
Academic-Humanitarian Technology Partnerships: an Unhappy Marriage?
Academic-Humanitarian Technology Partnerships: an Unhappy Marriage?
Working together seems like a good idea - especially when working toward a noble goal. However, little has been reported to date about the success and efficiency (or lack thereof) of such partnerships as a practical matter.
Peer Review in Transition?
In recent decades new innovations in peer review have been developed to address issues of bias and inefficiency. These innovations are multifarious, but many of them relate to openness of peer review, reviewer incentives, and technological enhancements, such as the use of artificial intelligence.
There's a Global Plan to Conserve Nature. Indigenous People Could Lead the Way.
There's a Global Plan to Conserve Nature. Indigenous People Could Lead the Way.
Dozens of countries are backing an effort that would protect 30 percent of Earth's land and water. Native people, often among the most effective stewards of nature, have been disregarded, or worse, in the past.
What is Research Misconduct? European Countries Can't Agree
An analysis of 32 countries finds differences between national guidance and Europe-wide code.
Unexplainable: A New Podcast About the Most Fascinating Unanswered Questions in Science
Unexplainable: A New Podcast About the Most Fascinating Unanswered Questions in Science
What we don't know is awesome. Let us explain.
OA Diamond Journals Study. Part 1: Findings
From June 2020 to February 2021, a consortium of 10 organisations undertook a large-scale study on open access journals across the world that are free for readers and authors, usually referred to as "OA diamond journals". This study was commissioned by cOAlition S in order to gain a better understanding of the OA diamond landscape.
Search Scholarly Materials Preserved in the Internet Archive
Looking for a research paper but can't find a copy in your library's catalog or popular search engines? Give Internet Archive Scholar a try! We might have a PDF from a "vanished" Open Access publisher in our web archive, an author's pre-publication manuscript from their archived faculty webpage.