Covid-19: Re-opening Universities is High Risk
Over a third of US colleges and universities fully reopened in August.1. It was risky.
Diarrhoea and Vomiting May Be Key Sign of Covid in Children
Research suggests stomach trouble more predictive of virus in young people than a cough.
Leader of U.S. Vaccine Push Says He'll Quit if Politics Trumps Science
Leader of U.S. Vaccine Push Says He'll Quit if Politics Trumps Science
Moncef Slaoui, scientific head of Operation Warp Speed, discusses challenges and politics of approving a vaccine before the election.
Unsub Gives Libraries Powerful Evidence to Walk Away from Big Deals
Unsub Gives Libraries Powerful Evidence to Walk Away from Big Deals
“The point of Unsub is to take away much of the uncertainty of doubt around cutting journals,” says Jason Priem, one of the co-founder of the non-profit oranization Our Research.
Streamline Your Writing - and Collaborations - with These Reference Managers
A suite of tools can help researchers to manage citations for grants and papers, and share those references with colleagues.
Sudden Omnipresence
In the media circus surrounding the pandemic, it's the loudest researchers who have been heard the most. Why it is important that we also listen to quieter voices in future, and why the state of scientific knowledge should be communicated with greater candour.
Twelve ERC Starting Grants for ETH Zurich
ETH has been highly successful in the awarding of this year’s ERC Starting Grants for young researchers, with the European Research Council (ERC) approving a total of CHF 21.4 million in funding for 12 ETH project submissions.
PubPeer Comments Prompt Science Expression of Concern
Science has issued an expression of concern for a paper it published earlier this summer after readers pointed out suspect images in the work.
US Investigations of Chinese Scientists Expand Focus to Military Ties
US Investigations of Chinese Scientists Expand Focus to Military Ties
Authorities' increased scrutiny of Chinese researchers' background causes concern about unfair accusations.
Vaccine Group Says 76 Rich Countries Now Committed to 'COVAX' Access Plan
Seventy-six wealthy nations are now committed to joining a global COVID-19 vaccine allocation plan co-led by the World Health Organization (WHO) that aims to help buy and fairly distribute the shots, the project's co-lead said on Wednesday.
COVID-19 Can Wreck Your Heart, Even if You Haven't Had Any Symptoms
A growing body of research is raising concerns about the cardiac consequences of the coronavirus.
These Black Holes Shouldn't Exist, but There They Are
On the far side of the universe, a collision of dark giants sheds light on an invisible process of cosmic growth.
When It Comes to Covid-19, Most of Us Have Risk Exactly Backward
We aren't very good at discussing trade-offs, but we need to make some during this pandemic.
These Students Figured out Their Tests Were Graded by AI - and the Easy Way to Cheat
These Students Figured out Their Tests Were Graded by AI - and the Easy Way to Cheat
Edgenuity involves short answers graded by an algorithm, and students have already cracked it.
University Dismisses 11 Students Over COVID-19 Rules, Keeps $36,500 Fees
The Boston university dismissed the students they were caught gathering at a hotel.
Performers Could Sing or Play Softly to Reduce Covid Risk, Study Shows
Research suggests musicians can reduce infections by decreasing volume.
A New Front in America's Pandemic: College Towns
The coronavirus is spiking around campuses from Texas to Iowa to North Carolina as students return.
Where Do Scholars Move? Measuring the Mobility of Researchers Across Academic Institutions
COVID-19's Indirect Attack on Women
EMBL will hold a virtual conference, 'The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on women in science: Challenges and solutions' on 9 September.
Let's Get Real. No Vaccine Will Work As if by Magic, Returning Us to 'normal'
The FBI Is Warning Scientists To Watch Out For "Suspicious" Packages
After COVID-19 researchers on the East Coast received a package containing an "unknown substance," the University of Washington told 500 of its staff to be on alert.
GII 2020: COVID-19 Impact on Global Innovation; Annual Ranking Topped by Switzerland, Sweden, U.S., U.K. and Netherlands
GII 2020: COVID-19 Impact on Global Innovation; Annual Ranking Topped by Switzerland, Sweden, U.S., U.K. and Netherlands
The COVID-19 pandemic is severely pressuring a long-building rise in worldwide innovation, likely hindering some innovative activities while catalyzing ingenuity elsewhere, notably in the health sector, according to the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2020.
Two Years of Harassment at UCD
The academic and broadcaster recounts her experience of harassment by a colleague.