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VSNU, NFU, NWO and Elsevier have agreed publishing, reading and open science services to support Dutch research and innovation ambitions.
There will be no face-to-face lectures in the next academic year due to coronavirus, the university says.
NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins is at the forefront of a new crop of space explorers destined for the Moon, and maybe one day, Mars.
Community labs want to make everything from insulin to prostheses. Will traditional scientists accept their efforts?
US scientists say that better data, testing and hospital preparedness are key to erasing inequalities - and to defeating the pandemic overall.
Data sharing and COVID-19- the pandemic is changing the way scientists work and talk to each other. The Early Career Researchers advisory board at Wellcome Open Research discuss how COVID-19 is changing science.
Anti-stay-at-home protesters aren't the only ones with an argument based on individual rights on their side.
Durch winzige Schwebeteilchen stecken sich in geschlossenen Räumen mehr Menschen mit Covid-19 an als bislang angenommen, vermuten US-Forscher. Das könnte auch Folgen für Restaurants und Cafés haben.
Researchers hope llama antibodies could help protect humans who have not been infected.
Science journals will have to disclose the costs of publishing articles by July 2022 in order for them to be paid for by a coalition of research funders pushing for open access.
The immune response is similar to the response seen in people who have been infected by the virus, known as SARS-CoV-2, and recovered.
The Swiss National Science Foundation's new Data Portal presents interactive key figures about research grant funding activity. In addition, its COVID-19 project registry provides information about Swiss research projects seeking answers to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Preprints analysis suggests a disproportionate impact on early career researchers.
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, science is crucial to inform public policy. At the same time, mistrust of scientists and misinformation about scientific facts are rampant. Six scientists, actively involved in outreach, reflect on how to build a better understanding and trust of science.
From July 2022 only publishers who adhere to the newly approved Plan S price transparency frameworks will be eligible to access funds from cOAlition S members.
Critics of current methods for evaluating researchers’ work say a system that relies on bibliometric parameters favours a ‘quantity over quality’ approach, and undervalues achievements such as social impact and leadership.
The pandemic has worsened longstanding sexist and racist inequalities in science pushing many of us to say 'I'm done', write 35 female scientists
Competition and conflicts of interest distort too many medical findings
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Institutions are letting their financial and reputational worries cloud their judgment about when they can safely reopen.
Inequality made historical pandemics 'worse than they had to be'.
In collaboration with SPARC Europe, a survey to map Open Access (OA) and Open Science (OS) infrastructure across Europe was launched. The aim is to establish a core understanding of Europe's current field of Open resources and gain insight into their usage, durability, and adherence to core open principles and standards.
Business Secretary Alok Sharma has announced that Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser DBE FRS will join UK Research and Innovation as its new Chief Executive. She will succeed Sir Mark Walport who announced in September last year that he would retire in 2020. Professor Leyser will start her new role on Monday June 29.
The pandemic will negatively impact the careers of women in STEM, particularly those of color, and failure to respond could jeopardize years of progress toward faculty equity.
Studies of social networks show that opposition to vaccines is small but far-reaching - and growing.
A deluge of poor quality research is sabotaging an effective evidence based response.
The hunt is on for better ways to collect and search pandemic studies
Predatory publishing has emerged as a professional problem for academics and their institutions, as well as a broader societal concern, bringing to the fore a debate over what constitutes legitimate science.
