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Dozens of Scientific Journals Have Vanished from the Internet, and No One Preserved Them

Dozens of Scientific Journals Have Vanished from the Internet, and No One Preserved Them

Most open access journals lack the technical means and plans to preserve their articles, despite a mandate from some funders that they do so. Specialists worry about a potential loss to scholarship.

Shorter Lifespan of Faster-growing Trees Will Add to Climate Crisis, Study Finds

Shorter Lifespan of Faster-growing Trees Will Add to Climate Crisis, Study Finds

Rise in carbon capture as global warming speeds growth of forests would be negated by earlier deaths, say scientists.

Facial Masking for Covid-19 — Potential for “Variolation” as We Await a Vaccine

Facial Masking for Covid-19 — Potential for “Variolation” as We Await a Vaccine

Universal facial masking might help reduce the severity of SARS-CoV-2 and ensure that a greater proportion of new infections are asymptomatic.

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.

The FBI Is Warning Scientists To Watch Out For "Suspicious" Packages

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.

Coronavirus: Fears UK Government Has Lost Control As Covid Cases Soar

Coronavirus: Fears UK Government Has Lost Control As Covid Cases Soar

UKs Labour Party calls on health secretary to explain reasons behind increase and testing centre problems.

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.

COVID-19 Can Wreck Your Heart, Even if You Haven't Had Any Symptoms

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.

Vaccine Group Says 76 Rich Countries Now Committed to 'COVAX' Access Plan

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.

Twelve ERC Starting Grants for ETH Zurich

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.

Streamline Your Writing - and Collaborations - with These Reference Managers

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.

EU Budget Would Be 'disastrous' for Research

EU Budget Would Be 'disastrous' for Research

Sixteen thousand academics urge EU leaders to increase investment over the next seven years.

These Scientists Are Giving Themselves D.I.Y. Coronavirus Vaccines

These Scientists Are Giving Themselves D.I.Y. Coronavirus Vaccines

Impatient for a coronavirus vaccine, dozens of scientists around the world are giving themselves - and sometimes, friends and family - their own unproven versions.

More Testing Alone Will Not Get Us out of This Pandemic

More Testing Alone Will Not Get Us out of This Pandemic

Inequities and other social realities must be factored into diagnoses and tracing of COVID-19.

How the Race for a Covid-19 Vaccine is Getting Dirty

How the Race for a Covid-19 Vaccine is Getting Dirty

Scientists worldwide are working against the clock to find a viable coronavirus vaccine - but are corners being cut for the sake of political gain and profit?