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The first draft text of the UNECSO Open Science Recommendation is currently open for comments.
Nations are increasingly turning to citizens' assemblies to weigh up climate policies.
A dedicated brokerage event for entities looking for opportunities to involve Social Sciences and Humanities institutions in EU H2020 Green Deal calls.
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.
The shift to virtual conferences needs to be accompanied by a sensitivity to people in different time zones.
Proof of significant amounts of H2O has implications for future lunar missions.
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.
New research found 'autoantibodies' similar to those in lupus and rheumatoid arthritis patients. But patients may also benefit from treatments for those autoimmune diseases.
Exclusive: expedition discovers new source of greenhouse gas off East Siberian coast has been triggered.
Black workers at universities are among the most vulnerable people on campuses. But they often are left out of conversations about racial justice.
The agreement will allow authors at eligible German institutes to publish papers for fee of about £8500 each
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.
Sector calls for compromise to ensure UK researchers stay in Horizon Europe.
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”.
This year's open access week will be talking to a number of researchers.
Unchecked ivermectin use in region is making it difficult to test anti-parasite drug's effectiveness against the coronavirus.
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.
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.
From a human-made virus to vaccine conspiracy theories, we rounded up the most insidious false claims about the pandemic
A Wikimedia initiative to develop open citations and linked bibliographic data to serve free knowledge. WikiCite is a series of conferences and workshops in support of that goal.
The world's best solar power schemes now offer the "cheapest…electricity in history" with the technology cheaper than coal and gas in most major countries.
Institutions have long framed gender inequality as a problem with women, and have been 'strangely silent' about masculinity in academia.
Open Access (OA) is central to the UK Government’s ambitions for research and innovation. Public funders are reviewing their OA policies and working collaboratively to understand how to take forward the Government’s ambitions.
Analysis at Dutch university suggests researchers are not reporting a large number of animal experiments.
Review and commentary can help authors improve their articles; curation can provide readers with helpful context and enhance discoverability. But despite the benefits, barriers to reviewing and curating preprints remain.
