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Publishers Make Coronavirus Content Freely Available and Reusable
More than 25 leading publishers have committed to making all of their COVID-19 and coronavirus-related publications, and the available data supporting them, immediately accessible in PubMed Central and other public repositories.
Coronavirus Cases Have Dropped Sharply in South Korea. What's the Secret to Its Success?
Coronavirus Cases Have Dropped Sharply in South Korea. What's the Secret to Its Success?
A scary brush with Middle East respiratory syndrome led the country to set up the world's most expansive testing program for COVID-19
Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce COVID-19 mortality and healthcare demand
Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce COVID-19 mortality and healthcare demand
The global impact of COVID-19 has been profound, and the public health threat it represents is the most serious seen in a respiratory virus since the 1918 H1N1 influenza pandemic.Here we present the results of epidemiological modelling which has informed policymaking in the UK and other countries in recent weeks.
Help! I Need to Teach My Course Online and I've Never Done This Before!
In times of crisis, we need community. With schools, colleges and universities mandating online teaching and learning in response to COVID-19, often with only a week of preparation time, people are scrambling for resources and information.
WikiProject COVID-19 - Wikidata
A Wiki Project to collect Wikidata resources related to COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2.
The Power of the Individual in an Exponential Crisis
A simple graph illustrates the power of exponential growth in infectious times and how individuals can affect change.
What is Peer Review in Science? A Complete Guide - ARTiFACTS
Ready to stop asking yourself, what is a peer review in science? Allow us to enlighten you. Here is your complete guide!
How to fight the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and its disease, CoVID-19
An informational briefing on COVID-19.
COVID-19 Highlights the Need for EOSC
The future European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) can be the answer to societal challenges as they emerge. The goal of EOSC is to open up all scientific data and publications and combine the results to drive new discoveries and tackle key societal challenges.
"Was Der Bundesrat Beschlossen Hat, Ist Absurd" ' Higgs
Gestern Donnerstag haben 25 Forschende aus der Schweiz den Bundesrat aufgefordert zur Linderung der Corona-Epidemie "einschneidende ...
L’apport des sciences humaines et sociales à l‘innovation en Suisse
Who Reviews for Predatory Journals? A Study on Reviewer Characteristics
Who Reviews for Predatory Journals? A Study on Reviewer Characteristics
While the characteristics of scholars who publish in predatory journals are relatively well-understood, nothing is known about the scholars who review for these journals. This article aims to shed light on the reviewers for predatory journals.
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) is a new global problem. This is our overview of the early research and data on the outbreak. We will extend this page in the days ahead.
How Canceled Events and Self-quarantines Save Lives, in One Chart
This is how we all help slow the spread of coronavirus.
COVID-19: Funding Bodies Around the World Pledge New Money for Virus Research
COVID-19: Funding Bodies Around the World Pledge New Money for Virus Research
Research charities Wellcome Trust and the Gates Foundation announced they are joining forces with the credit card company MasterCard in a $125 million push to speed up development of drugs for treating COVID-19 infections, in the latest example of the rush to fund research into the novel coronavirus.
Why Do People Migrate In Europe? A New Online Tool Explains
Universities and research organisations have joined forces to develop a new interactive tool that explores how free movement has affected EU economies and societies.
Does Closing Schools Slow the Spread of Coronavirus? Past Outbreaks Provide Clues
A researcher who forecasts epidemic spread argues that proactive closures, though disruptive, could help.
A Disease Tracker Backed by Gates and Zuckerberg Tackles Covid-19 in Cambodia
A Disease Tracker Backed by Gates and Zuckerberg Tackles Covid-19 in Cambodia
The two tech titans funded an effort to bring metagenomic sequencing and software to poor countries. Now, it's helping trace the spread of the new coronavirus.
Making a Plan When Planning Is Impossible
Travel bans, office closures, and conference cancellations have publishers and societies thinking about how best to ensure that scholarly content continues to be reviewed and distributed. This post by Angela Cochran looks at some of the impacts and questions whether.
Reimbursement Policies Make Academia Less Inclusive
Paying conference expenses up front from personal accounts is a significant burden, this grad student writes
Savants Ou Militants ? Le Dilemme Des Chercheurs Face à La Crise écologique
Ils signent pétitions et tribunes pour alerter sur le réchauffement climatique et la dégradation de la biodiversité, pourtant, leur incursion dans le débat public n'a rien d'évident. A l'heure des " fake news ", la communauté scientifique questionne le bien-fondé de son engagement.
Preventing Spread of SARS Coronavirus-2 in Humans
Göttingen infection researchers identify a potential drug.
Research Data Management As a National Service
The volume of data stored in research institutions is growing, and the rate at which it is growing is accelerating. Spending and effort and resources are being duplicated needlessly, and so this opinion piece argues for the establishment of a national infrastructure for research data management.
Get Political Reporters off the Coronavirus Story Because They Don't Distinguish Between Right and Wrong
Get Political Reporters off the Coronavirus Story Because They Don't Distinguish Between Right and Wrong
News organizations should take political reporters – and perhaps even more importantly, political editors – entirely out of the loop on this story. It’s too important to be covered as a two-sided battle over who’s winning the narrative.