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Nassim Nicholas Taleb is frustrated whenever the coronavirus crisis is referred to by the term he coined for an unpredictable, rare catastrophe.
Researchers believe they could pre-emptively create vaccines and drugs to fight a wide range of viral threats - if they can get sufficient funding.
Atma Ivancevic shares what keeps her passionate about science when academic work gets tough, and while working from home.
Herd immunity hopes dealt blow by report suggesting only 2%-3% of people have been infected
The world is experiencing a major pandemic with a high mor-tality. One can hope that the outbreak will end spontaneously aftermost people are infected, but the SARS-2 coronavirus may becomeendemic and continue to cause cycles of respiratory disease andfatal pneumonias.
Far more people have died over the past month than have been officially reported, a review of mortality data in 11 countries shows.
What does it mean for science - and public health - that scientific journals are now publishing research at warp speed?
Magical thinking hampered the ability of even some of the most seasoned infectious diseases experts to recognize the full threat.
The lungs are ground zero for COVID-19, but blood clots may play a surprisingly big role in severe illness.
Research shows almost 80% of deaths across four countries were in most polluted regions.
How can qualitative researchers collect data during social-distancing measures?
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health is hosting a free webinar for researchers to learn how to share, discover, and cite COVID-19 data and code in generalist repositories on April 24 from 2-3:45 p.m. ET.
Do students really need a four-year residential experience?
To create a better post-COVID-19 world requires democratic civic universities dedicated to producing knowledge and educating ethical, empathetic stude...
Andy Westwood sets out the not-insignificant challenges that the government now faces in deciding what it wants from universities after the pandemic.
As lockdowns force scientists worldwide to put their research on hold, funders are introducing measures to minimize stress.
I'm curious what lockdown will reveal about the 'maternal wall' that can block faculty advancement.
Don't let academia's initiatives to advance women become just another way to game the research system, urges Charikleia Tzanakou.
Due to precautionary measures in regard to the coronavirus, the second day of this year's Open Science Conference got canceled. Luckily, the panellists Johanna Havemann, Anne-Floor Scholvinck, Daniel Spichtinger and August Wierling agreed to submit their opening statements as a blog post.
Shorn of any bravado, her announcement seemed again to make Germany, Europe's biggest economy, a de facto leader on the Continent and something of an example for Western nations. The chancellor, a physicist by training, focused on the science as she announced the government’s cautious step-by-step plan.
PLOS Biology, PLOS Medicine, PLOS Computational Biology, PLOS Genetics, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases and PLOS Pathogens have all revised their ‘scooping’ policy to waive the novelty criteria for work submitted within six months of a similar study having been published.
DELVE: Data Evaluation and Learning for Viral Epidemics is a multi-disciplinary group, convened by the Royal Society, to support a data-driven approach to learning from the different approaches countries are taking to managing the pandemic.
Health agencies, leading pharmaceutical companies to join forces to accelerate pandemic response.
University librarians are preparing for tough times ahead, even though the fiscal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is yet to be fully understood. Could big deals with publishers be on the chopping block?
During this unprecedented global emergency, LIBER calls on European Commissioners, Member State governments, publishers and authors to urgently help libraries, universities and other educational establishments, so that they can continue supplying researchers, teachers and students with access to books, archives and other instructional materials.
