Ironically, the spread of false information often reflects a desire to help

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, swissuniversities, the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries appeal to all publishing houses to make their publications freely accessible.

Love it or hate it, the H-index has become one of the most widely used metrics in academia for measuring the productivity and impact of researchers. But when Jorge Hirsch proposed it as an objective measure of scientific achievement in 2005, he didn’t think it would be used outside theoretical physics.

Bioscience publishing, from preprint servers to established medical journals, is finding new and faster ways to publish Covid-19 research results.

Admitting scientific errors is hard. It's also important.

Descendants of the drug lord's pets bear similarities to extinct megafauna

Infusions of antibody-laden blood have been used with reported success in prior outbreaks, including the SARS epidemic and the 1918 flu pandemic.

NO2 amounts have dropped with the coronavirus quarantine, Chinese New Year, and a related economic slowdown.

Scientists analyzed the movements of hundreds of millions of people to show why the most extensive travel restrictions to stop an outbreak in human history haven't been enough.

It was on Wednesday, March 11 that some of the experts on the government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies began to realise that the coronavirus was spreading through the UK too fast for the NHS to cope.

What the Next 18 Months Can Look Like, if Leaders Buy Us Time

Think-tank Agora Energiewende calculates emissions to drop by 50-120m tonnes this year but warns of lower green investments post-crisis

This file contains all relevant publications, datasets and clinical trials from Dimensions that are related to COVID-19.

Large-scale testing of populations should reveal those who cleared virus without knowing they were infected.

eLife hosts online seminars to support early-career researchers to present their research online instead of in person.

Epidemiologist Larry Brilliant, who warned of pandemic in 2006, says we can beat the novel coronavirus-but first, we need lots more testing.

The online academic resource has long had ebooks and journals available without the need for a login.

We’re simulating the dynamics of COVID-19 proteins to hunt for new therapeutic opportunities. In fact, there are a number of ways you can help, and they’re not mutually exclusive.

To help manage the shortage, the authorities sent a message that made them untrustworthy.

The 3D printed valves have saved 10 patients so far.

Consultant Mark Gallagher can't understand why the NHS is not testing its staff for coronavirus.

In an ambitious international collaboration, researchers have "mapped" proteins in the coronavirus and identified 50 drugs to test against it.

Cambridge University Press is making higher education textbooks in HTML format free to access online during the coronavirus outbreak.

Follow World Health Organization advice, end secrecy in decision-making and cooperate globally.

Organizations across the globe are being forced to adapt quickly, with some allowing employees to work from home the first time. But there are many reasons to shift to a remote team - learn more about why and how.

Countermeasures like social distancing may help stop the spread of Covid-19. But how can policymakers tell if they are doing more good than harm? Data!

More than 25 leading publishers have committed to making all of their COVID-19 and coronavirus-related publications, and the available data supporting them, immediately accessible in PubMed Central and other public repositories.

A scary brush with Middle East respiratory syndrome led the country to set up the world's most expansive testing program for COVID-19

The explosive spread of coronavirus can be turned to our advantage, two infectious disease experts argue: "But only if we intervene early. That means now."

In times of crisis, we need community. With schools, colleges and universities mandating online teaching and learning in response to COVID-19, often with only a week of preparation time, people are scrambling for resources and information.