Coronavirus Reinfections Are Real but Very, Very Rare
A case in Nevada has spurred new concerns that people who have recovered from the infection may still be vulnerable. That's unlikely, experts say.
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A case in Nevada has spurred new concerns that people who have recovered from the infection may still be vulnerable. That's unlikely, experts say.
Let's start all over again about face masks. The noise about them is a Judas Priest blare. Can we turn down the volume for a moment?
Publishers agree to make journal summaries open and searchable in single repository.
The international Wikimedia movement, best known for its community-based online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, marked its 15th anniversary by setting its sights on the year 2030 and defined strategies, values and goals in an open process. Wikimedia Germany’s Nicole Ebber and Holger Plickert have answered some questions about the transformation, how Wikimedia wants to become the largest knowledge infrastructure in the world and what connections they see to libraries.
Politics has thoroughly contaminated the scientific process in 2020. The result has been an epidemic of distrust, which further undermines the nation’s already chaotic and ineffective response to the coronavirus.
Commissioner Mariya Gabriel today welcomes seven experts as members of the Search Committee for the next President of the ERC.
In academia, decisions on promotions are influenced by the citation impact of the works published by the candidates. The authors examine whether the journal impact factor rank could be replaced with the relative citation ratio, an article-level measure of citation impact developed by the National Institutes of Health.
This week, President Donald Trump extolled the cutting-edge coronavirus treatments he received as "miracles coming down from God." If that's true, then God employs cell lines derived from human fetal tissue.
Beijing joins initiative against 'vaccine nationalism' in contrast to US, which is not part of alliance.
COVID-19 has highlighted the need to work with researchers all around the world at the same time that it has also exposed the inequalities in the global research and knowledge system.
In an unprecedented move, the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday published an editorial written by its editors condemning the Trump administration for its response to the Covid-19 pandemic - and calling for the current leadership in the United States to be voted out of office.
Drone Awards is the most important worldwide competition about aerial photography and video.
The science supports that face coverings save lives, and yet the debate trundles on. How much evidence is enough?
For three days this event brings together teachers, students, university management and other stakeholders from universities, politics and society. It will create a virtual space for exchange on higher education.
With no bailout forthcoming from the government, financially strapped British universities beckoned students back to campus, with predictably dire results.
Indonesia has seen progress in open research ecosystem development. More needs to be done.
Public trust in a potential vaccine is under threat. Drug companies and their academic partners must disclose protocols and results data.
Face masks are vital to containing the spread of COVID, but lecturers and universities must find ways to be inclusive, say Olivier Pourret and Elodie Saillet.
The argument that we have the power to deal with the dangers of social media on our own can come across as cruelly individualistic tech-apologia.