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CERN Contributes Computers to Combatting COVID-19
CERN is contributing computing resources to a volunteer-computing initiative that aims to better understand the virus behind COVID-19.
India takes to homegrown tech to fight COVID-19
When India’s 1.3 billion people come out of a 40-day lockdown on 3 May, imposed to contain the spread of COVID-19, they can hope that a battery of technologies that the government is readying to deploy against the contagious virus could offer them some protection.
The Global Research Council's Compilation on National Responses: Confronting COVID-19
The Global Research Council (GRC) is calling on its participating organisations and the global research community to collaborate in the fight against the virus and encourages openness in sharing research findings and data which will help ensure diagnostics, vaccines and prevention measures are developed rapidly for the benefit of every nation.
How the Coronavirus Pandemic Has Shattered the Myth of College in America
How the Coronavirus Pandemic Has Shattered the Myth of College in America
Young people think of college as an investment in their future. Now that future is changing in ways they can't apprehend.
Why False Claims About COVID-19 Refuse to Die
In recent months, claims with some scientific legitimacy have spread so far, so fast, that even if it later becomes clear they are false or unfounded, they cannot be laid to rest.
Update CoVid: A website aiming to collect and link the most relevant studies and guidelines
Update CoVid: A website aiming to collect and link the most relevant studies and guidelines
Target audience are healthcare professionals from all specialities.
10 Top Tips To Become A Blockchain Researcher
Paving the way for the future through research.
Pseudoscience and COVID-19 - We've Had Enough Already
The scientific community must take up cudgels in the battle against bunk.
Let's Hear Scientists with Different Covid-19 Views, Not Attack Them - STAT
Halt Destruction of Nature or Suffer Even Worse Pandemics, Say World's Top Scientists
Halt Destruction of Nature or Suffer Even Worse Pandemics, Say World's Top Scientists
Only one species is responsible for coronavirus - humans - say world's leading wildlife experts.
US Stays Away As World Leaders Agree Action on Covid-19 Vaccine
Global leaders have pledged to accelerate cooperation on a coronavirus vaccine and to share research, treatment and medicines across the globe. But the United States did not take part.
Scholarly Publishers Are Working Together to Maximize Efficiency During COVID-19 Pandemic
Scholarly Publishers Are Working Together to Maximize Efficiency During COVID-19 Pandemic
Scholarly publishers are working together to maximize the efficiency of peer review, ensuring that key work related to COVID-19 is reviewed and published as quickly and openly as possible. The group of publishers and scholarly communications organizations - initially comprising eLife, Hindawi, PeerJ, PLOS, Royal Society, F1000 Research, FAIRsharing, Outbreak Science, and PREreview - is... Read full article >
The Still Unsustainable Goal of University Ranking
The new and improved Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2020 were published this week with as much online fanfare as THE could muster. Unfortunately,
After the COVID-19 Pandemic There Can Be No Return to Closed Working
Many outside observers might reasonably assume that science usually works like this. Yet open science is very far from the norm for most research. Why is openly accessible science so important?
College Campuses Must Reopen in the Fall. Here's How We Do It.
It won't be easy, but there's a path to get students back on track. Higher education will crumble without it.
Open Science Takes on the Coronavirus Pandemic
Data sharing, open-source designs for medical equipment, and hobbyists are all being harnessed to combat COVID-19.
Women Academics Seem to Be Submitting Fewer Papers During Coronavirus
Editors of academic journals have started noticing a trend: Women - who inevitably shoulder a greater share of family responsibilities - seem to be submitting fewer papers, while men are submitting up to 50 percent more than they usually would.
'Loving the Minimal FOMO': First Major Physics Conference to Go Virtual Sees Record Attendance
'Loving the Minimal FOMO': First Major Physics Conference to Go Virtual Sees Record Attendance
The American Physical Society held its massive April Meeting online because of coronavirus - and registrations soared.
EU Covid-19 Recovery Plan Should Prioritise R&D
The European Commission is working on an investment plan to fuel the EU’s recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, which Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has said must increase the “firepower” of the bloc’s 2021-27 budget, and R&D commissioner Mariya Gabriel has said must prioritise investment in R&D.
Delineating COVID-19 and Coronavirus Research
Many initiatives are keeping track of research on COVID-19 and coronaviruses. These initiatives, while valuable because they allow for fast access to relevant research, pose the question of subject delineation. We analyse here one such initiative, the COVID-19 Open Research Dataset (CORD-19).
Arbitrariness in the Peer Review Process
The study replicates the NIPS experiment of 2014, showing that the ratings of peer review are not robust, and that altering reviewers leads to a dramatic impact on the ranking of the papers. This paper also shows that innovative works are not highly ranked in the existing peer review process, and in consequence are often rejected.
No Room of One's Own
Early journal submission data suggest COVID-19 is tanking women's research productivity.
The Purpose of Publications in a Pandemic and Beyond
For Elizabeth Gadd, the Covid-19 pandemic makes it clear that long standing issues with academic publications need to be addressed quickly and definitively.
Listserv For Scientists
A public forum for researchers to discuss the science of science, current events, and science policy issues.
The Epidemiologist Behind Sweden's Controversial Coronavirus Strategy
Anders Tegnell talks to Nature about the nation's 'trust-based' approach to tackling the pandemic.
EPFL and ETH Zurich Advance Digital Contact Tracing Project
Secure contact tracing could be a powerful tool to fight the spread of COVID-19. A unique, decentralized system developed as part of an international consortium, including EPFL and ETH Zurich, will soon be launched with the support of the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health.
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