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Despite the special calls for research into the novel coronavirus, researchers should all still concentrate on what they do best, writes Matthias Egger, President of the National Research Council of the SNSF.
STAT asked 11 experts in infectious disease, epidemiology, and pandemic preparedness how to avoid the mistakes of the coronavirus response this spring.
Restaurants get eulogies. Airlines get bailouts. Shakespeare gets kicked when he's down.
Surgisphere, whose employees appear to include a sci-fi writer and adult content model, provided database behind Lancet and New England Journal of Medicine hydroxychloroquine studies.
Humanities Research Infrastructure is critical social investment, and we could support it better if we understood it better.
Financial crises could spell trouble for science budgets but spending could surge in some countries. Series investigates science after the pandemic.
Providing open access to digitised collections has spurred creativity and research worldwide - so why are the UK's flagship museums so slow on the uptake?
Interdisciplinary collaborations between scientific researchers and artists can often be one dimensional, with artists simply illustrating scientific findings.
News coverage of scientific studies can be misleading. Here's how to tell the good from the bad.
With student enrolment projected to fall, some US and UK institutions have halted recruitment.
Virtual meetings are becoming the norm under COVID-19 and winning over many researchers: part 3 in a series on science after the pandemic.
It's not only about what's happening right now. Things need to change for good.
High-level politician suggests academy deserves retribution for publishing unwelcome COVID-19 estimates.
We are pleased to announce the next OASPA webinar which will explore recent steps to increase efficiency and speed in the publication of COVID-19 research (Wednesday 24th June 2020, 4.00 pm Central European Time).
Learned societies face many new challenges in the face of a pandemic.
The platform evaluates these journals’ peer-review procedures and invites journal editors to provide such information for inclusion in the database.
The push for rapid and open publishing could take off - although financial pressures lie ahead: part 4 in a series on science after the pandemic.
England is abandoning lockdown and possibly hope of containing a second wave of covid-19.
The CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science highlights the importance of leadership in the face of the current social unrest.
Communicate your support for #BlackLivesMatter: Dos, don'ts, and resources.
In an interview, the director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases expressed optimism on some fronts, and concern on others.
How virtual classrooms and dire finances could alter academia: the first chapter in a week-long series on science after the pandemic.
Published scientific research, like any piece of writing, is a peculiar literary genre.
Easy-to-understand comic explains how rigorous science is peer-reviewed and published. Hint: it's not via YouTube.
Postdoctoral researchers play a crucial role in many research groups, serving as mentors, teachers, and leaders as they develop their skills and prepare for scientific careers. However, the coronavirus disease crisis has put funding and support for postdoc positions at risk, threatening to upend the career paths available to these junior scientists.
How can repositories contribute to their FAIR share? A Virtual workshop on June 1st about Equity and democratization of knowledge.
More than 120 researchers and medical professionals from around the world have written an open letter to the editor of the Lancet raising serious concerns about a large and widely publicised global study that prompted the World Health Organisation to halt several Covid-19 clinical trials.
Early analyses suggest that female academics are posting fewer preprints and starting fewer research projects than their male peers.
