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10 Days That Changed Britain: "Heated" Debate Between Scientists Forced Boris Johnson To Act On Coronavirus

10 Days That Changed Britain: "Heated" Debate Between Scientists Forced Boris Johnson To Act On Coronavirus

It was on Wednesday, March 11 that some of the experts on the government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies began to realise that the coronavirus was spreading through the UK too fast for the NHS to cope.

Science Papers You Should Be Reading About the Coronavirus

Science Papers You Should Be Reading About the Coronavirus

Here are a few of the papers our scientists are reading that you might want to check out, too.

The Move to Online College is Hitting Adjunct Professors the Hardest

The Move to Online College is Hitting Adjunct Professors the Hardest

Non-tenure track faculty at community and city colleges across the country told Motherboard they have not received sufficient pay, training, or equipment to teach classes online-and the consequences could be devastating for students.

NSF Marshals Data Science, Blockchain to Streamline Federal Grant Processing

NSF Marshals Data Science, Blockchain to Streamline Federal Grant Processing

The National Science Foundation is testing a creative mix of machine learning, blockchain technology and data science to tackle a stubborn challenge: How to better evaluate more than 60,000 grant applications it receives each year.

Why the Coronavirus Has Been So Successful

Why the Coronavirus Has Been So Successful

We've known about SARS-CoV-2 for only three months, but scientists can make some educated guesses about where it came from and why it's behaving in such an extreme way.

Time for NIH to Lead on Data Sharing

Time for NIH to Lead on Data Sharing

The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) is in the midst of digesting public comments toward finalizing a data sharing policy. Although the draft policy is generally supportive of data sharing, it needs strengthening if we are to collectively achieve a long-standing vision of open science built on the FAIR principles.

Dimensions: COVID-19 Publications, Datasets and Clinical Trials

Dimensions: COVID-19 Publications, Datasets and Clinical Trials

This file contains all relevant publications, datasets and clinical trials from Dimensions that are related to COVID-19.

The Doctor Who Helped Defeat Smallpox Explains What's Coming

The Doctor Who Helped Defeat Smallpox Explains What's Coming

Epidemiologist Larry Brilliant, who warned of pandemic in 2006, says we can beat the novel coronavirus-but first, we need lots more testing.

New Blood Tests for Antibodies Could Show True Scale of Coronavirus Pandemic

New Blood Tests for Antibodies Could Show True Scale of Coronavirus Pandemic

Large-scale testing of populations should reveal those who cleared virus without knowing they were infected.

EPA Proposes Broad Science Restrictions in Midst of Coronavirus Pandemic

EPA Proposes Broad Science Restrictions in Midst of Coronavirus Pandemic

The Environmental Protection Agency moved today to restrict the types of research that can be used in public health protection decisions and scientific assessments. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the agency is recklessly giving the public just 30 days to comment on this sweeping proposal.

Open-Access JSTOR Materials Accessible to the Public

Open-Access JSTOR Materials Accessible to the Public

The online academic resource has long had ebooks and journals available without the need for a login.

In the Coronavirus Pandemic, We're Making Decisions Without Reliable Data

In the Coronavirus Pandemic, We're Making Decisions Without Reliable Data

Countermeasures like social distancing may help stop the spread of Covid-19. But how can policymakers tell if they are doing more good than harm? Data!

Building Your Remote Workforce: Including Tips & Tricks for Social Distancing

Building Your Remote Workforce: Including Tips & Tricks for Social Distancing

Organizations across the globe are being forced to adapt quickly, with some allowing employees to work from home the first time. But there are many reasons to shift to a remote team - learn more about why and how.

Limited Open Access to Cambridge University Press Textbooks

Limited Open Access to Cambridge University Press Textbooks

Cambridge University Press is making higher education textbooks in HTML format free to access online during the coronavirus outbreak.

Hundreds of Scientists Scramble to Find a Coronavirus Treatment

Hundreds of Scientists Scramble to Find a Coronavirus Treatment

In an ambitious international collaboration, researchers have "mapped" proteins in the coronavirus and identified 50 drugs to test against it.

'There is a Policy of Surrender': Doctor on UK's Covid-19 Failures

'There is a Policy of Surrender': Doctor on UK's Covid-19 Failures

Consultant Mark Gallagher can't understand why the NHS is not testing its staff for coronavirus.

Medical Company Threatens to Sue Volunteers That 3D-printed Valves for Life-saving Coronavirus Treatments

Medical Company Threatens to Sue Volunteers That 3D-printed Valves for Life-saving Coronavirus Treatments

The 3D printed valves have saved 10 patients so far.

Coronavirus - What We're Doing and How You Can Help in Simple Terms

Coronavirus - What We're Doing and How You Can Help in Simple Terms

We’re simulating the dynamics of COVID-19 proteins to hunt for new therapeutic opportunities. In fact, there are a number of ways you can help, and they’re not mutually exclusive.

Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce COVID-19 mortality and healthcare demand

Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce COVID-19 mortality and healthcare demand

The global impact of COVID-19 has been profound, and the public health threat it represents is the most serious seen in a respiratory virus since the 1918 H1N1 influenza pandemic.Here we present the results of epidemiological modelling which has informed policymaking in the UK and other countries in recent weeks.

Coronavirus Cases Have Dropped Sharply in South Korea. What's the Secret to Its Success?

Coronavirus Cases Have Dropped Sharply in South Korea. What's the Secret to Its Success?

A scary brush with Middle East respiratory syndrome led the country to set up the world's most expansive testing program for COVID-19

Publishers Make Coronavirus Content Freely Available and Reusable

Publishers Make Coronavirus Content Freely Available and Reusable

More than 25 leading publishers have committed to making all of their COVID-19 and coronavirus-related publications, and the available data supporting them, immediately accessible in PubMed Central and other public repositories.

How to fight the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and its disease, CoVID-19

How to fight the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and its disease, CoVID-19

An informational briefing on COVID-19.