Normally, science is highly competitive and secretive, with universities and private sector companies patenting knowledge, scientific journals putting research behind paywalls and all research peer-reviewed before the data is released. But for the moment those barriers have fallen as scientists share research and work together to battle this coronavirus epidemic.

A new ranking system for academic journals measuring their commitment to research transparency will be launched next month - providing what many believe will be a useful alternative to journal impact scores.

On the day that the United Kingdom leaves the European Union, higher education and research organisations from across the UK and Europe have reaffirmed their commitment to working together, and are calling on their respective governments to make this a priority.

Behavioral ecologists are in turmoil as dozens of research papers involving an expert on social spiders draw scrutiny.

The SNSF is testing a new, standardised structure for CVs. The aim is to facilitate comparisons between applicants and make track record assessment more transparent.

The OA Switchboard aims to facilitate the fulfilment of open access strategies across business models, policies and agreements, and reduce complexity for all relevant stakeholders.

On the day of the UK leaving the EU, 36 research and higher education organisations from across Europe published a joint statement stressing that they “wish to continue working together”, and called for the UK to fully participate in future EU R&D and education programmes.

A call on researchers, journals and funders to ensure that research findings and data relevant to this outbreak are shared rapidly and openly to inform the public health response and help save lives.

The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope has produced the highest resolution observations of the Sun’s surface ever taken. In this movie, taken at a wavelength of 705nm over a period of 10 minutes, we can see features as small as 30km (18 miles) in size for the first time ever.

The advisory organization wants to halt the exodus of caregivers from research.

The top climate change scientist for NOAA said he has received $4 million from Congress and permission from his agency to study two emergency - and controversial - methods to cool the Earth if the U.S. and other nations fail to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.

Prosecutors say Charles M. Lieber, the chair of Harvard's chemistry department, lied about contacts with a Chinese state-run initiative that seeks to draw foreign-educated talent.

Science Europe's report addresses requirements for data management plans (DMPs), how they should be updated and whether new ones need to be developed.

They are considered the probable source of the coronavirus outbreak spreading from China. It turns out that they may have an immune system that lets them coexist with many disease-causing viruses.

Elsevier introduced about 40 mirror journals, also known as X-journals, which enable researchers to publish Open Access and as such meet the requirements of Plan S and other funders.

Craig Cormick explains how scientists can get their arguments across to members of the public.

Negotiators have less than a year to agree on how the United Kingdom will participate in European Union research programmes.

Here's what the oft-cited R0 number tells us about the new outbreak-and what it doesn't.

Analysis of publishing activity on the Wellcome Open Research platform and preview of some of the activities planned for 2020.

Even in the best-case scenario, developing, testing, and mass-producing a new vaccine takes many months.