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Making the Soldier Decisive on Future Battlefields
Board on Army Science and TechnologyCurrent price €42.75Original price €51.50The U.S. military does not believe its soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines should be engaged in combat with adversaries on a level playing fiel...
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Assessment of Supercritical Water Oxidation System Testing for the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant
Board on Army Science and TechnologyCurrent price €30.79Original price €34.99Assessment of Supercritical Water Oxidation System Testing for the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant reviews and evaluates the resu...
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New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Board on Physics and AstronomyCurrent price €50.15Original price €56.99Driven by discoveries, and enabled by leaps in technology and imagination, our understanding of the universe has changed dramatically during the co...
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Optics and Photonics: Essential Technologies for Our Nation
Committee on Harnessing Light: Capitalizing on Optical Science Trends and Challenges for Future ResearchCurrent price €61.63Original price €66.99Optics and photonics technologies are ubiquitous: they are responsible for the displays on smart phones and computing devices, optical fiber that c...
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Review of the Research Program of the U.S. DRIVE Partnership: Fourth Report
Board on Energy and Environmental SystemsCurrent price €46.91Original price €50.99Review of the Research Program of the U.S. DRIVE Partnership: Fourth Report follows on three previous NRC reviews of the FreedomCAR and Fuel Partne...
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Limiting Future Collision Risk to Spacecraft: An Assessment of NASA''s Meteoroid and Orbital Debris Programs
Aeronautics and Space Engineering BoardCurrent price €43.23Original price €46.99Derelict satellites, equipment and other debris orbiting Earth (aka space junk) have been accumulating for many decades and could damage or even po...
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An Enabling Foundation for NASA''s Earth and Space Science Missions
Committee on the Role and Scope of Mission-Enabling Activities in NASA's Space and Earth Science MissionsCurrent price €27.59Original price €29.99NASA's space and Earth science program is composed of two principal components: spaceflight projects and mission-enabling activities. Most of the b...
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The Future of Computing Performance: Game Over or Next Level?
Committee on Sustaining Growth in Computing PerformanceCurrent price €41.27Original price €47.99The end of dramatic exponential growth in single-processor performance marks the end of the dominance of the single microprocessor in computing. Th...
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Making Sense of Ballistic Missile Defense: An Assessment of Concepts and Systems for U.S. Boost-Phase Missile Defense in Comparison to Other Alternatives
Committee on an Assessment of Concepts and Systems for U.S. Boost-Phase Missile Defense in Comparison to Other AlternativesCurrent price €57.19Original price €64.99The Committee on an Assessment of Concepts and Systems for U.S. Boost-Phase Missile Defense in Comparison to Other Alternatives set forth to provid...
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Sustainable Development of Algal Biofuels in the United States
Board on Agriculture and Natural ResourcesCurrent price €60.29Original price €66.99Biofuels made from algae are gaining attention as a domestic source of renewable fuel. However, with current technologies, scaling up production of...
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Aging and the Macroeconomy: Long-Term Implications of an Older Population
Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their ApplicationsCurrent price €48.35Original price €51.99The United States is in the midst of a major demographic shift. In the coming decades, people aged 65 and over will make up an increasingly large p...
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Modeling the Economics of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation: Summary of a Workshop
Division on Engineering and Physical SciencesCurrent price €46.49Original price €49.99Models are fundamental for estimating the possible costs and effectiveness of different policies for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. There...
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Save 13% NASA Space Technology Roadmaps and Priorities: Restoring NASA''''s Technological Edge and Paving the Way for a New Era in Space
Aeronautics and Space Engineering BoardCurrent price €34.37Original price €39.50NASA''''s Office of the Chief Technologist (OCT) has begun to rebuild the advanced space technology program in the agency with plans laid out in 14...
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Save 16% Application of Lightweighting Technology to Military Aircraft, Vessels, and Vehicles
Committee on Benchmarking the Technology and Application of LightweightingCurrent price €38.22Original price €45.50Lightweighting is a concept well known to structural designers and engineers in all applications areas, from laptops to bicycles to automobiles to ...
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Save 13% Achieving High-Performance Federal Facilities: Strategies and Approaches for Transformational Change
Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed EnvironmentCurrent price €34.37Original price €39.50The design, construction, operation, and retrofit of buildings is evolving in response to ever-increasing knowledge about the impact of indoor envi...
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