Author: Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

On May 18-19, 2021, the Condensed Matter and Materials Research Committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened...

The Transportation Security Administration requested a study by the National Research Council (NRC) to establish the Committee on Airport Passenger...

Emerging techniques in data analytics, including machine learning and artificial intelligence, offer exciting opportunities for advancing scientifi...

The United States is currently the only country with an active, government-sponsored effort to detect and track potentially hazardous near-Earth ob...

Advances in materials science and engineering play a crucial role in supporting the U.S. economy and national security. To maintain its leading edg...

Following a series of natural disasters, including Hurricane Katrina, that revealed shortcomings in the nation's ability to effectively alert popul...

The Defense Materials Manufacturing and Infrastructure standing and planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medi...

Digital health encompasses a broad array of tools and strategies with the goals of advancing research, increasing health care access and quality, a...

Commercially significant amounts of crude oil and natural gas lie under the continental shelf of the United States. Advances in locating deposits, ...

High-entropy materials, ultra-strong molecules, and nanoelectronics have become a focus of active research because of their unique potential and ap...

Facial recognition technology is increasingly used for identity verification and identification, from aiding law enforcement investigations to iden...

Additive manufacturing has the potential to positively affect human spaceflight operations by enabling the in-orbit manufacture of replacement part...

Decades of continuous efforts to address known hazards in the national airspace system (NAS) and to respond to issues illuminated by analysis of in...