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How the Coronavirus Attacks the Brain

How the Coronavirus Attacks the Brain

It's not just the lungs - the pathogen may enter brain cells, causing symptoms like delirium and confusion, scientists reported.

Facial Masking for Covid-19 — Potential for “Variolation” as We Await a Vaccine

Facial Masking for Covid-19 — Potential for “Variolation” as We Await a Vaccine

Universal facial masking might help reduce the severity of SARS-CoV-2 and ensure that a greater proportion of new infections are asymptomatic.

The Contagion Externality of a Superspreading Event:The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally and COVID-19

The Contagion Externality of a Superspreading Event:The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally and COVID-19

Large in-person gatherings without social distancing and with individuals who have traveled outside the local area are classified as the “highest risk” for COVID-19 spread by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Between August 7 and August 16, 2020, nearly 500,000 motorcycle enthusiasts converged on Sturgis, South Dakota for its annual motorcycle rally.

Shorter Lifespan of Faster-growing Trees Will Add to Climate Crisis, Study Finds

Shorter Lifespan of Faster-growing Trees Will Add to Climate Crisis, Study Finds

Rise in carbon capture as global warming speeds growth of forests would be negated by earlier deaths, say scientists.

Dozens of Scientific Journals Have Vanished from the Internet, and No One Preserved Them

Dozens of Scientific Journals Have Vanished from the Internet, and No One Preserved Them

Most open access journals lack the technical means and plans to preserve their articles, despite a mandate from some funders that they do so. Specialists worry about a potential loss to scholarship.

A Robot Wrote This Entire Article. Are You Scared Yet, Human?

A Robot Wrote This Entire Article. Are You Scared Yet, Human?

We asked GPT-3, OpenAI's powerful new language generator, to write an essay for us from scratch. The assignment? To convince us robots come in peace.

Understanding Conceptual Impact of Scientific Knowledge on Policy

Understanding Conceptual Impact of Scientific Knowledge on Policy

The Manchester Team within the Oslo Institute for Research on the Impact of Science centre has published this a conceptual paper that underpins the empirical work on framework conditions on the user side combining various political science and sociological theories.

Where Do Scholars Move? Measuring the Mobility of Researchers Across Academic Institutions

Where Do Scholars Move? Measuring the Mobility of Researchers Across Academic Institutions

This blog post demonstrates how scientometrics can help trace mobility patterns at the institutional level, using the Dimensions database.

Coronavirus: Fears UK Government Has Lost Control As Covid Cases Soar

Coronavirus: Fears UK Government Has Lost Control As Covid Cases Soar

UKs Labour Party calls on health secretary to explain reasons behind increase and testing centre problems.

The FBI Is Warning Scientists To Watch Out For "Suspicious" Packages

The FBI Is Warning Scientists To Watch Out For "Suspicious" Packages

After COVID-19 researchers on the East Coast received a package containing an "unknown substance," the University of Washington told 500 of its staff to be on alert.

GII 2020: COVID-19 Impact on Global Innovation; Annual Ranking Topped by Switzerland, Sweden, U.S., U.K. and Netherlands

GII 2020: COVID-19 Impact on Global Innovation; Annual Ranking Topped by Switzerland, Sweden, U.S., U.K. and Netherlands

The COVID-19 pandemic is severely pressuring a long-building rise in worldwide innovation, likely hindering some innovative activities while catalyzing ingenuity elsewhere, notably in the health sector, according to the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2020.

COVID-19 Can Wreck Your Heart, Even if You Haven't Had Any Symptoms

COVID-19 Can Wreck Your Heart, Even if You Haven't Had Any Symptoms

A growing body of research is raising concerns about the cardiac consequences of the coronavirus.

These Black Holes Shouldn't Exist, but There They Are

These Black Holes Shouldn't Exist, but There They Are

On the far side of the universe, a collision of dark giants sheds light on an invisible process of cosmic growth.

When It Comes to Covid-19, Most of Us Have Risk Exactly Backward

When It Comes to Covid-19, Most of Us Have Risk Exactly Backward

We aren't very good at discussing trade-offs, but we need to make some during this pandemic.