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French Study of over 22m People Finds Vaccines Cut Severe Covid Risk by 90%
Largest study of its kind also finds vaccines appear to protect against worst effects of Delta variant
Star Trek Star William Shatner Ready to Boldly Go into Space
The actor who played Captain Kirk in the classic TV show is due to launch above Earth for real within hours.
Facial Expressions Tell All (if You Can Read Them)
If the eyes are the window to your soul, the face is the frame. Facial expressions may say more about you than you realize. Even neutral expressions do.
Covid's Forgotten Hero: The Untold Story Of The Scientist Whose Breakthrough Made The Vaccines Possible
Covid's Forgotten Hero: The Untold Story Of The Scientist Whose Breakthrough Made The Vaccines Possible
Without Ian MacLachlan’s innovative delivery system, Moderna and Pfizer couldn’t safely get their mRNA vaccines into your cells. So why does hardly anyone acknowledge the Canadian biochemist’s seminal contributions - or pay a dime in royalties?
Why Should Researchers Get Involved in Science Policy?
What motivates scientists to engage with policymaking?
How to Prevent a Cold War in Science
Diplomats and scientists often live in different worlds and don't have open access to each other's community.
Cambridge Colleges Accused of Exploiting "Gig Economy" Tutors
Nearly half of undergraduate tutorials are delivered by staff who lack proper contracts, research shows.
How Local Communities Helped Polar Scientists During the Pandemic
Erica Gillis describes the strong connections with residents that helped her colleagues keep working when they couldn't travel.
Vanishing Rainforest and How to Catalogue Brain Cells - the Week in Infographics
Diplomacy is Sometimes a Barrier to Progress in Universities
The tactful approach can be effective but it risks obscuring the necessity and urgency of improvements, says Chris Moore.
PhD Supervision 'undervalued' by UK Universities
UK Research Supervision Survey raises concerns about increased demands during pandemic.
'Little Sign of Progress' on UK Association to Horizon Europe
Universities in Europe 'strongly regret' that finalisation of association is still elusive 10 months after Brexit agreement.
Wiley Acquires Editorial Services Group
Scholarly publishing powerhouse purchases editorial services group raising questions about industry comfort with using publisher owned services.
The UN's Sustainable Development Goals and Open Access: Timon Oefelein Interviews Gerald Beasley
The UN's Sustainable Development Goals and Open Access: Timon Oefelein Interviews Gerald Beasley
In Part 1 of this pair of posts, Timon Oefelein interviews Gerald R. Beasley, the Carl A. Kroch University Librarian at Cornell University, about how librarians can support the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.
Female Scientists Strike Success at the Australian Museum's 2021 Eureka Prizes
Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Receptor Binding Domain Antibody Evolution After MRNA Vaccination - Nature
Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Receptor Binding Domain Antibody Evolution After MRNA Vaccination - Nature
Results suggest that boosting vaccinated individuals with currently available mRNA vaccines will increase plasma neutralizing activity but may not produce antibodies with equivalent breadth to those obtained by vaccinating convalescent individuals.
Real-world Data Show That Filters Clean COVID-causing Virus from Air
An inexpensive type of portable filter efficiently screened SARS-CoV-2 and other disease-causing organisms from hospital air.
Publication Outperformance Among Global South Researchers: An Analysis of Individual-Level and Publication-Level Predictors of Positive Deviance
Publication Outperformance Among Global South Researchers: An Analysis of Individual-Level and Publication-Level Predictors of Positive Deviance
Research and development are central to economic growth, and a key challenge for countries of the global South is that their research performance lags behind that of the global North. Yet, among Southern researchers, a few significantly outperform their peers and can be styled research "positive deviants" (PDs). This paper asks: who are those PDs, what are their characteristics and how are they able to overcome some of the challenges facing researchers in the global South?
Citation Patterns Between Impact-Factor and Questionable Journals
Citation Patterns Between Impact-Factor and Questionable Journals
One of the most fundamental issues in academia today is understanding the differences between legitimate and questionable publishing. This study's findings show that neither the impact factor of citing journals nor the size of cited journals is a good predictor of the number of citations to the questionable journals.
'Elegant' Catalysts That Tell Left from Right Scoop Chemistry Nobel
Benjamin List and David MacMillan share the award for developing cheap, environmentally friendly organic catalysts.
How the World's Biggest Brain Maps Could Transform Neuroscience
Scientists around the world are working together to catalogue and map cells in the brain. What have these huge projects revealed about how it works?
China's Data-Driven Dream to Overhaul Health Care
Collaborations between AI researchers and China's medical workers are helping to combat diseases such as diabetes and COVID-19.
The Experience of Good Metadata: Linking Metadata to Research Impacts - The Scholarly Kitchen
The Experience of Good Metadata: Linking Metadata to Research Impacts - The Scholarly Kitchen
What do we really know about the linkages between good metadata and positive, productive user experiences with scholarly journals?
COVID's Lessons for Climate, Sustainability and More from Our World in Data
COVID's Lessons for Climate, Sustainability and More from Our World in Data
International agencies need the mandate, funds and expertise to connect information - otherwise pandemics, hunger and unsustainability will go unsolved.
Research Lobbies Renew Push for Say in ERA Governance
Sixteen research and higher education organisations have written an open letter calling on the European Commission to allow them to appoint representatives to the European Research Area (ERA) forum, the body that will establish the governance and policy agenda of the EU's revamped single market for research.
A Model for Diversifying Faculty Recruitment
When two junior researchers joined a search committee, they came up with a way to put equity and inclusion centre stage.
Swiss Clear First Barrier to Horizon Europe Association - but More Remain
Swiss Clear First Barrier to Horizon Europe Association - but More Remain
The Swiss parliament has agreed to pay overdue cohesion funds stretching back to 2012 - but this only removes one hurdle to reviving Horizon Europe association talks.
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