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NewsScholarly publishers join forces to fast-track Covid-19 studies
Researchers asked to volunteer as ‘rapid reviewers’ for coronavirus manuscripts, and over 1000 have already answered the call
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Nobel laureates see a dip in the influence of their work after winning prize
Decline in impact comes despite Nobel winners remaining just as productive and well-funded
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Pandemic is a looming disaster for UK universities with 30,000 jobs threatened
Higher education sector faces potential funding black hole of £2.5 billion
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While female and minority science PhDs’ ideas are more novel they’re often overlooked
Study examining almost every US PhD for the last three decades finds – for the first time – that ‘diversity paradox’ holds true for science
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Time for a clear stance on raw NMR data storage
Impressive technological tools are pointless without data transparency
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Spanish universities plan phased return in June as number of Covid-19 cases slows
Goal is to minimise disruption to students and researchers without putting anyone at unnecessary risk
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Online learning could save resource-strapped universities up to 80%
Courses are as effective for teaching Stem students as regular lectures, study finds
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Science steps up a gear as struggle to both understand and fight coronavirus intensifies
Research that might have taken years is being turned around in months as journals fast-track Covid-19 manuscripts
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UK seeks to scale-up Covid-19 testing but large gaps in capabilities remain
Universities and research labs are being brought in to help with testing but 100,000 tests per day by the end of April still looks overly ambitious
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European Research Council president quits after three months in the job
Mauro Ferrari walks away following ‘unanimous rejection’ of coronavirus response plan
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UK’s largest funder aims to raise $8 billion in three weeks for coronavirus research
The Wellcome Trust’s Covid-Zero initiative calls on businesses to bridge the funding shortfall
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Pandemic pushes world’s largest cancer charity to cut research funding by £44 million
Cancer Research UK slashes grant money and national centres funds
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Another US researcher charged with lying about Chinese ties
Physicist faces 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to defrauding West Virginia University while secretly working for Chinese talent programme
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Organisations mobilise to fight Covid-19
‘War effort’ seeks to provide hand sanitiser, protective equipment, ventilators and tests
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Universities prepare for new normal as pandemic forces UK to shut down for three weeks
Labs and lectures wound up as students and staff are left anxious about their futures
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Predatory journals’ reviewers mostly junior researchers from developing countries
The few scientists conducting peer review for predatory publishers are often of young academic age and come from lower-income regions
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Italian researchers fear long-lasting harm to science from coronavirus lockdown
With the entire population isolated and universities closed research has been severely curtailed
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New cryo-EM detector will produce better data with less energy
UK collaboration aims to open up microscopy technology for more medical researchers
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Speaking up for UK science
A top down approach to science by Johnson’s government could make it harder for scientists’ problems to be heard
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Hundreds of universities closing across the US in response to coronavirus threat
Universities are moving to online classes, while research projects grind to a halt at some institutes
