The American Physical Society held its massive April Meeting online because of coronavirus - and registrations soared.

As lockdowns force scientists worldwide to put their research on hold, funders are introducing measures to minimize stress.

As climate- and ecological-monitoring projects go dark, data that stretch back for decades will soon contain coronavirus-associated gaps.

If you struggle with home working but are having to do it because of the coronavirus, Lucy Taylor has some advice.

Springer Nature says it commits to offering researchers a route to publishing open access in Nature and most Nature-branded journals from 2021.

Colleagues facing closed labs and enforced social distancing need a different type of support. Mentors must change their approach, says Ruth Gotian.

The pandemic is fuelling deplorable racism and discrimination, especially against Asian people. Education and research will also pay the price.

Wastewater testing could also be used as an early-warning sign if the virus returns.

A reduction in seismic noise because of changes in human activity is a boon for geoscientists.

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.

In the first of two articles about laboratory closures triggered by COVID-19, scientists affected by the shutdowns outline the tools they are using to run their research groups remotely.

Alyssa Frederick defended her thesis remotely before the coronavirus outbreak began. Here's how.

A growing suite of tools allows teams of researchers to work collectively to edit scientific documents.

New York City researchers hope antibody-rich plasma can keep people out of intensive care.

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.

Follow World Health Organization advice, end secrecy in decision-making and cooperate globally.

A team member on the huge project has tested positive for the virus, delaying the air mission.

Research and reading helped Shipra Jain to gain confidence in her abilities.

The public call for rapid sharing of research data relevant to the COVID-19 outbreak is driving an unprecedented surge in (unrefereed) preprints. To help pinpoint the most important research, Nature launched Outbreak Science Rapid PREreview, an open-source platform for rapid review of preprints related to emerging outbreaks.

An example of finding the balance between personal and professional lives during moves overseas and in and out of academia.