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There's a lot about Iceland that other countries could envy: Its spectacular natural surroundings, its place among the world's happiest countries, and, now, its large-scale testing for the novel coronavirus, which could influence how the world understands the outbreak.
No model whose purpose is to study the overall benefits of mitigations should end at a time-point before a steady-state is reached.
Some argue that rapid data sharing is ideally suited for infectious disease outbreaks like the one we’re experiencing now. However, the prospect of public access to unvetted work sparked worry about potential health scares and patients demanding unproven treatments.
To speed information sharing, many scientists are posting paper drafts directly online. What are the potential downsides of that?
Scientists are teaming up to fight COVID-19. Presidents and prime ministers should, too.
A data visualization charts the positions in the sky of the Hubble Space Telescope’s plethora of cosmic targets.
A growing suite of tools allows teams of researchers to work collectively to edit scientific documents.
Alyssa Frederick defended her thesis remotely before the coronavirus outbreak began. Here's how.
A few modest adjustments to the planning and delivery of talks can help scientists share ideas with their peers more effectively, say Scott St. George and Michael White.
Living in our new world of videoconferencing makes it worth reconsidering a funny video on the perils of conference calls.
The C.D.C. director says new data about people who are infected but symptom-free could lead the agency to recommend broadened use of masks.
Richard Epstein, a professor at N.Y.U. School of Law, discusses two articles he wrote, on the Hoover Institution Web site, entitled "Coronavirus Perspective" and "Coronavirus Overreaction," and his views of the pandemic.
The latest volume of Einstein's papers covers the infancy of quantum mechanics and new challenges to the theory of relativity.
In this report, th e authors use a semi-mechanistic Bayesian hierarchical model to attempt to infer the impact of these interventions across 11 European countries.
"Open access" was supposed to change scientific publishing. Critics worry that the model is being corrupted by big corporate publishing money anyway.
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) joins global library associations in urging publishers to maximize access to digital content during the emergency conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is an unprecedented time for the academic enterprise, and humanity will benefit from an unprecedented response by publishers in support of research and learning.
This perspective article proposes that the answer shifts the conception of replication from a boring, uncreative, housekeeping activity to an exciting, generative, vital contributor to research progress.
You learned a lot about social distancing when you wrote a dissertation. That experience can help you get through this pandemic crisis.
The December, 2019 coronavirus disease outbreak has seen many countries ask people who have potentially come into contact with the infection to isolate themselves at home or in a dedicated quarantine facility. Decisions on how to apply quarantine should be based on the best available evidence. We did a Review of the psychological impact of quarantine using three electronic database
As the scientific community adapts to new working conditions in response to the growing pandemic, early-career researchers recommend actions to help lessen the unintended consequences of canceled conferences.
COAlition S publishes a call for an informed study containing an analysis and overview of collaborative non-commercial (aka “Diamond”) publishing journals and platforms. The study is financially supported by Science Europe. The objective is to identify ways to support publishing initiatives wishing to implement Diamond business models.
When asked why the United States didn't import coronavirus tests when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ran into difficulty developing its own, government officials have frequently questioned the quality of the foreign-made alternatives. But NPR has learned that the key study they point to was retracted just days after it was published online in early March.
eLife is making changes to its policies on peer review in response to the impact of COVID-19 on the scientific community.
