How Blood from Coronavirus Survivors Might Save Lives
New York City researchers hope antibody-rich plasma can keep people out of intensive care.
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When Science Needs Self-Correcting
Admitting scientific errors is hard. It's also important.
Covid-19 is Reshaping the World of Bioscience Publishing
Bioscience publishing, from preprint servers to established medical journals, is finding new and faster ways to publish Covid-19 research results.
What's Wrong with the H-Index, According to Its Inventor
Love it or hate it, the H-index has become one of the most widely used metrics in academia for measuring the productivity and impact of researchers. But when Jorge Hirsch proposed it as an objective measure of scientific achievement in 2005, he didn’t think it would be used outside theoretical physics.
"Remove Paywalls on Scientific Publications!"
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, swissuniversities, the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries appeal to all publishing houses to make their publications freely accessible.
Authors Overestimate Their Contribution to Scientific Work, Demonstrating a Strong Bias
Authors Overestimate Their Contribution to Scientific Work, Demonstrating a Strong Bias
Teamwork is an essential component of science. It affords the exchange of ideas and the execution of research that can entail high levels of complexity and scope.
Researchers Are Tracking Another Pandemic, Too-of Coronavirus Misinformation
Can a Century-old TB Vaccine Steel the Immune System Against the New Coronavirus?
Scientists launch trial of bacillus Calmette-Guérin, a vaccine made of living bacteria, to protect health care workers at risk of COVID-19 infection.
How ProMED Crowdsourced the Arrival of Covid-19 and SARS
The low-tech site run by health experts collects reports of new diseases in real time. They've got a shoestring budget-and a stunning track record.
'I'm Going to Keep Pushing.' Anthony Fauci Tries to Make the White House Listen to Facts of the Pandemic
Covid-19: How Unprecedented Data Sharing Has Led to Faster-than-ever Outbreak Research
Covid-19: How Unprecedented Data Sharing Has Led to Faster-than-ever Outbreak Research
Advances in gene sequencing have allowed scientists to trace and monitor the COVID-19 pandemic faster than any previous outbreak. However, gaps in our knowledge of how coronaviruses work has made it difficult to understand what makes the new coronavirus special.
How the Virus Got Out
Scientists analyzed the movements of hundreds of millions of people to show why the most extensive travel restrictions to stop an outbreak in human history haven't been enough.
Antibodies from COVID-19 Survivors Could Be Used to Treat Patients, Protect Those at Risk
Antibodies from COVID-19 Survivors Could Be Used to Treat Patients, Protect Those at Risk
Infusions of antibody-laden blood have been used with reported success in prior outbreaks, including the SARS epidemic and the 1918 flu pandemic.
Pablo Escobar's 'cocaine Hippos' Show How Invasive Species Can Restore a Lost World
Pablo Escobar's 'cocaine Hippos' Show How Invasive Species Can Restore a Lost World
Descendants of the drug lord's pets bear similarities to extinct megafauna
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.
Coronavirus and Mild Winter Helps Germany to Reach 2020 Climate Target
Coronavirus: The Hammer and the Dance
What the Next 18 Months Can Look Like, if Leaders Buy Us Time
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
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
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.
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.
ELife and COVID-19: Keeping Communications Open with Online Research Talks
ELife and COVID-19: Keeping Communications Open with Online Research Talks
eLife hosts online seminars to support early-career researchers to present their research online instead of in person.
Search for Coronavirus Vaccine Becomes a Global Competition
The United States, China and Europe are battling to be the first to find a cure, bringing a nationalist element to a worldwide crisis.
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.
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.
Now Is the Time for Open Access Policies - Here's Why
The race to find a vaccine for COVID-19 exemplifies why rapid and unrestricted access to scientific research and educational materials is vital.
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