Colleagues facing closed labs and enforced social distancing need a different type of support. Mentors must change their approach, says Ruth Gotian.

How does research translate into societal impact, particularly in light of a refugee crisis?

Consumer genomics company 23andMe wants to mine its database of millions of customers for clues to why the virus hits some people harder than others.

How a small university team at Johns Hopkins built a COVID-19 data site that draws 1 billion clicks a day.

The pandemic is fuelling deplorable racism and discrimination, especially against Asian people. Education and research will also pay the price.

It is 'the best investment your business can make', says medical research charity

Public green spaces are good for the immune system and the mind-and they can be rationed to allow for social distancing.

Due to the confusing situation in the COVID-19 pandemic, the organisers have decided that the Open-Access-Tage 2020 will not be held as an on-site event in Bielefeld.

Mauro Ferrari resigned unexpectedly as president of the European Research Council, triggering a noisy public spat over why and how he left.

The paper that appears to have triggered the Trump administration’s obsession with hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for infection with the novel coronavirus has received a statement of concern from the society that publishes the journal in which the work appeared. 

Wastewater testing could also be used as an early-warning sign if the virus returns.

The emergence of COVID-19 has drastically upended the academic enterprise. Because of physical distancing, many non-tenured faculty members are facing additional, unexpected obstacles in their promotion and tenure trajectory. Transitioning classes to online learning environments will detract from research efforts, and winding down laboratory operations will result in a more direct reduction in research output.…

Welcome to the first post of a specialized and dedicated book blog series supported by Digital Science. All segments of research contribute to society and the publishing community needs to be in a place to support all forms of output.

Scientists in Europe are becoming household names, fulfilling societies' emotional and practical need for the truth.

The coronavirus will reveal the different realities of women and men in Europe.

There's a lot about Iceland that other countries could envy: Its spectacular natural surroundings, its place among the world's happiest countries, and, now, its large-scale testing for the novel coronavirus, which could influence how the world understands the outbreak.

A reduction in seismic noise because of changes in human activity is a boon for geoscientists.

Never before, scientists say, have so many of the world's researchers focused so urgently on a single topic. Nearly all other research has ground to a halt.

A data visualization charts the positions in the sky of the Hubble Space Telescope’s plethora of cosmic targets.

Four ways to help those around you be better informed about the pandemic

The C.D.C. director says new data about people who are infected but symptom-free could lead the agency to recommend broadened use of masks.

Living in our new world of videoconferencing makes it worth reconsidering a funny video on the perils of conference calls.

A humorous look at how the human brain consistently reacts to crisis in a similar manner -- by hording toilet paper.

A few modest adjustments to the planning and delivery of talks can help scientists share ideas with their peers more effectively, say Scott St. George and Michael White.

In the first of two articles about laboratory closures triggered by COVID-19, scientists affected by the shutdowns outline the tools they are using to run their research groups remotely.

Alyssa Frederick defended her thesis remotely before the coronavirus outbreak began. Here's how.

A growing suite of tools allows teams of researchers to work collectively to edit scientific documents.

In this report, th e authors use a semi-mechanistic Bayesian hierarchical model to attempt to infer the impact of these interventions across 11 European countries.

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) joins global library associations in urging publishers to maximize access to digital content during the emergency conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is an unprecedented time for the academic enterprise, and humanity will benefit from an unprecedented response by publishers in support of research and learning.

When asked why the United States didn't import coronavirus tests when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ran into difficulty developing its own, government officials have frequently questioned the quality of the foreign-made alternatives. But NPR has learned that the key study they point to was retracted just days after it was published online in early March.