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E.U. May Bar American Travelers As It Reopens Borders, Citing Failures on Virus
European Union officials are racing to agree on who can visit the bloc as of July 1 based on how countries of origin are faring with new coronavirus cases. Americans, so far, are excluded, according to draft lists seen by The New York Times.
Mathematicians Urge Colleagues to Boycott Police Work in Wake of Killings
More than 1,400 researchers have signed a letter calling on the discipline to stop working on predictive-policing algorithms and other models.
Coming out of Lockdown is Harder Than Going in
The president of Switzerland's top-ranked university says his institution is tentatively getting back to speed after the coronavirus lockdown - but that this is harder than anticipated.
Finding a Place for Open Infra Funding
Finding a Place for Open Infra Funding
As budgets tighten and the need for open resources swells, efforts to fund essential Open Science services remains critical, as claims the Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS).
Scientists Take Aim at Another Coronavirus Study in a Major Journal
Scientists Take Aim at Another Coronavirus Study in a Major Journal
A report on masks relied on unfounded assumptions, researchers charged, and the authors were permitted to choose their own reviewers.
Guidance for Research Organisations on How to Implement Responsible and Fair Approaches for Research Assessment
Guidance for Research Organisations on How to Implement Responsible and Fair Approaches for Research Assessment
Information for Wellcome-funded organisations on how to implement responsible and fair approaches for research assessment that meet the expectations set out in Wellcome's open access policy 2021.
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Awards $2 Million to MedRxiv
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) partners with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Yale University, and BMJ to help scientists share health and clinical research faster.
Reopening Plans and the Future of Open Scholarship: A Call for Participation
Over the last few months we've been in conversation with colleagues in higher education about what they see as the challenges that lie ahead as they weigh reopening plans and longer term effects of the global pandemic. Starting June 29th, we will be launching our first research effort to support institutional decision-making in research and scholarship.
Peer Review Should Be an Honest, but Collegial, Conversation
Nature asked authors and editors for advice on how to improve peer-review communication.
Pandemics Result from Destruction of Nature, Say UN and WHO
Experts call for legislation and trade deals worldwide to encourage green recovery.
COVID-19 and the Research Community: Being Vulnerable
Early-career researchers feel discouraged from exposing vulnerability even during a global crisis.
Scientists Say Most Likely Number of Contactable Alien Civilisations is 36
New calculations come up with estimate for worlds capable of communicating with others.
Yale Astronomers Questioned Systemic Racism Because They Hired One Black Employee 35 Years Ago, Emails Show
Universities Step Up the Fight for Open-Access Research
Today's deal between the University of California and publisher Springer Nature is a big milestone on the path to dismantling paywalls around academic journals.
Coronavirus Breakthrough: Dexamethasone is First Drug Shown to Save Lives
In a large trial, a cheap and widely available steroid cut deaths by one-third among patients critically ill with COVID-19.
What Are the Benefits and Challenges of Preprints? Share Your Views
While the use of preprints has increased over the last years, preprint awareness and attitudes vary widely across research communities and among stakeholders in research communication.
University of California Reaches Groundbreaking Open Access Deal with Leading Global Publisher
University of California Reaches Groundbreaking Open Access Deal with Leading Global Publisher
The University of California today (June 16) announced a transformative open access publishing agreement that will make more of the University's research freely and immediately available to individuals and researchers across the globe.
We Can Protect the Economy From Pandemics. Why Didn't We?
A virologist helped crack an impossible problem: how to insure against the economic fallout from devastating viral outbreaks. The plan was ingenious. Yet we're still in this mess.
How 'overreaction' Made Vietnam a Virus Success
Vietnam chose to prevent rather than fight Covid-19, a strategy which means it has had no virus deaths.
Outbreaks, Break-outs and Break-times: Creating Caring Online Workshops
How can online workshops be productive, engaging, caring and fun? How can researchers creatively adapt to a 'virtual normal' and develop caring and co-operative ways of working.
Value People As Well As Papers to Improve Research Culture
As scientists, we try to make sure our research is rigorous so that we can avoid costly errors. We should take the same approach to tackle issues in research culture, says Professor Christopher Jackson.
'It's What Students Look For': the Dutch University That's Only Hiring Women
'It's What Students Look For': the Dutch University That's Only Hiring Women
Just 15% of professors at Eindhoven University of Technology were women until it introduced a radical new scheme.
150 Faculty Members Sign Open Letter to Georgia State University President for More Diversity | The Atlanta Voice
150 Faculty Members Sign Open Letter to Georgia State University President for More Diversity | The Atlanta Voice
Over 150 Georgia State University faculty members signed an open letter to the school's president, Mark Becker, regarding a greater push for diversity and inclusion within its faculty.