2020年4月1日 星期三

新冠狀肺炎流行改變世界科學技術圈






Changing how the world does science

The race to develop a coronavirus vaccine has prompted what researchers say is an unprecedented global scientific collaboration, as nearly all other research has ground to a halt.
The virus has ignited the scientific community in ways that no outbreak or medical mystery has before.
Studies are posted online long before they would normally appear in academic journals, and researchers have identified and shared hundreds of viral genome sequences. The profession’s usual imperatives, like academic credit and competitive secrecy, have fallen by the wayside.
Quotable: “The ability to work collaboratively, setting aside your personal academic progress, is occurring right now because it’s a matter of survival,” said a Harvard Medical School professor who is working on a coronavirus trial.

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