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#ConnectingTomorrow: Why Switzerland Needs the World

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#ConnectingTomorrow: Why Switzerland Needs the World

The disruptions caused by COVID-19 have led to an acceleration in the digitization of all major aspects of life - and has brought to light who the laggards are, and who leads the charge.

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Don't Let COVID Stop Your Fieldwork: Three Tips for Successful Collaborations

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Don't Let COVID Stop Your Fieldwork: Three Tips for Successful Collaborations

During a pandemic, more researchers might require support from colleagues and depend on those partnerships to collect the data they need to keep their labs operational. The article presents guidelines for collaborations.

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Latin America's Embrace of Unproven COVID Treatment Hinders Drug Trials

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Latin America's Embrace of Unproven COVID Treatment Hinders Drug Trials

Unchecked ivermectin use in region is making it difficult to test anti-parasite drug's effectiveness against the coronavirus.

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How Open Access Allows for a Greater Diversity of People to Engage with a Discussion

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How Open Access Allows for a Greater Diversity of People to Engage with a Discussion

This year's open access week will be talking to a number of researchers.

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Recommendations for a National Open Science Strategy in Austria

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Austria

Recommendations for a National Open Science Strategy in Austria

A look at international activities on Open Science reveals a broad spectrum from individual institutional policies to national action plans. The present Recommendations for a National Open Science Strategy in Austria are based on these international initiatives and present practical considerations for their coordinated implementation with regard to strategic developments in research, technology and innovation (RTI) in Austria until 2030. The recommendation paper was developed from 2018 to 2020 by the OANA working group "Open Science Strategy" and published for the first time in spring 2020 for a public consultation. The now available final version of the recommendation document, which contains feedback and comments from the consultation, is intended to provide an impetus for further discussion and implementation of Open Science in Austria and serves as a contribution and basis for a potential national Open Science Strategy in Austria. The document builds on the diverse expertise of the authors (academia, administration, library and archive, information technology, science policy, funding system, etc.) and reflects their personal experiences and opinions.

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Backlist to the Future: a New Business Model for University Presses and Open-Access Books

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Backlist to the Future: a New Business Model for University Presses and Open-Access Books

The author is engaged in a project that seeks to convert publishers to business models that will allow them to publish their books openly, without using unaffordable book processing charges (which authors hate and which will not scale). As of today, the first press to take the leap: the Central European University Press can be announced. The model is called “Opening the Future”.

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Brexit's Back: the Five Issues That Will Shape Science

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Brexit's Back: the Five Issues That Will Shape Science

Europe's political shake-up is approaching - for researchers, key factors such as immigration and funding hang in the balance.

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£3bn Standoff over UK-EU Scientific Collaboration

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£3bn Standoff over UK-EU Scientific Collaboration

Sector calls for compromise to ensure UK researchers stay in Horizon Europe.

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The Pandemic Exposes Human Nature: 10 Evolutionary Insights

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The Pandemic Exposes Human Nature: 10 Evolutionary Insights

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FDA Express Concern over Emergency Authorization of Covid-19 Vaccines

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FDA Express Concern over Emergency Authorization of Covid-19 Vaccines

The ageny may be exploring the idea of using expanded access - a more limiting program - in the early days of Covid vaccine rollouts.

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Our Bauhaus Coronavirus Cover

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Our Bauhaus Coronavirus Cover

The recent nature issue publishes findings from leading researchers on an urgent quest for a vaccine against SARS-Cov-2. Here ist how the cover image was created, drawing on aspects of Bauhaus artist Paul Klee’s famous notebooks to reimagine the quest for a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2.

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From FAIR Leading Practices to FAIR Implementation and Back: An Inclusive Approach to FAIR at Leiden University Libraries

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From FAIR Leading Practices to FAIR Implementation and Back: An Inclusive Approach to FAIR at Leiden University Libraries

Paper describe how LU builds up its support for FAIR data before, during and after research through its involvement in leading practices, training and consultancy and end with recommendations for other universities wanting to implement the FAIR principles.

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Open Science - Who is Left Behind?

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Open Science - Who is Left Behind?

The dominant model of Article Processing Charges, whilst lowering financial barriers for readers, has merely erected a new paywall at the other end of the pipeline, blocking access to publication for less-privileged authors.

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Statistical Illiteracy Isn't a Niche Problem. During a Pandemic, It Can Be Fatal

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Statistical Illiteracy Isn't a Niche Problem. During a Pandemic, It Can Be Fatal

In recent months, we've all been bombarded with numbers. It's vital that we learn how to interpret them.

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Springer Nature and Max Planck Reach Landmark Open Access Deal in Germany

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Springer Nature and Max Planck Reach Landmark Open Access Deal in Germany

The agreement will allow authors at eligible German institutes to publish papers for fee of about £8500 each

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How We Discovered Water on the Moon

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Astronomy

How We Discovered Water on the Moon

NASA's interest in lunar water is not purely academic.

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Inside the Bizarre Publishing Ring That Linked 5G to Coronavirus

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Inside the Bizarre Publishing Ring That Linked 5G to Coronavirus

From black holes at the Earth's center to decapitated quails, a group of scientists-some working for a journal from a major publisher-are prolifically publishing pseudoscience.

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Black Workers at Universities Often Are Left out of Conversations About Race and Higher Education

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Universities
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Black Workers at Universities Often Are Left out of Conversations About Race and Higher Education

Black workers at universities are among the most vulnerable people on campuses. But they often are left out of conversations about racial justice.

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Statistics is for Statisticians

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Switzerland

Statistics is for Statisticians

Statisticians react to the news.

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As Election Nears, Trump Makes a Final Push Against Climate Science

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As Election Nears, Trump Makes a Final Push Against Climate Science

The administration is imposing new limits on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that would undercut action against global warming.

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How Do Researchers Evaluate Research?

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How Do Researchers Evaluate Research?

The Official PLOS Blog studies how researchers evaluate both the credibility and impact of research outputs.

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'Sleeping Giant' Arctic Methane Deposits Starting to Release, Scientists Find

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'Sleeping Giant' Arctic Methane Deposits Starting to Release, Scientists Find

Exclusive: expedition discovers new source of greenhouse gas off East Siberian coast has been triggered.

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Some Covid Survivors Have Antibodies That Attack the Body, Not Virus

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Some Covid Survivors Have Antibodies That Attack the Body, Not Virus

New research found 'autoantibodies' similar to those in lupus and rheumatoid arthritis patients. But patients may also benefit from treatments for those autoimmune diseases.

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Why You Shouldn't Worry About Studies Showing Waning Coronavirus Antibodies

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Why You Shouldn't Worry About Studies Showing Waning Coronavirus Antibodies

Experts say it's normal for levels of antibodies to drop after clearing an infection, and that they represent just one arm of the immune response against a virus.

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Water Exists on the Moon, Scientists Confirm

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Water Exists on the Moon, Scientists Confirm

Proof of significant amounts of H2O has implications for future lunar missions.

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Spare a Thought for Longitudinal Diversity

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Spare a Thought for Longitudinal Diversity

The shift to virtual conferences needs to be accompanied by a sensitivity to people in different time zones.

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Delete Offensive Language? Change Recommendations? Some Editors Say It's OK to Alter Peer Reviews

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Delete Offensive Language? Change Recommendations? Some Editors Say It's OK to Alter Peer Reviews

Survey finds widespread support for editing, but there is little guidance from journals.

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Guide to Creative Commons for Scholarly Publications and Educational Resources

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Publishing

Guide to Creative Commons for Scholarly Publications and Educational Resources

This guide wants to inform researchers about the Creative Commons (CC) licence system

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Credibility of Preprints: An Interdisciplinary Survey of Researchers

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Credibility of Preprints: An Interdisciplinary Survey of Researchers

Cues related to information about open science content and independent verification of author claims were rated as highly important for judging preprint credibility.

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Final NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing

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COVID-19

Final NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing

The extraordinary effort to speed the development of treatments and vaccines in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has put into sharp relief the need for the global science community to share scientific data openly.

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