Author: Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

As the availability of high-throughput data-collection technologies, such as information-sensing mobile devices, remote sensing, internet log recor...

The United States and the world face serious threats to nuclear stability and peace, now and in the coming decades. Within the nuclear arena, U.S. ...

On September 8-9, 2011, experts in solar physics, climate models, paleoclimatology, and atmospheric science assembled at the National Center for At...

The ocean is a fundamental component of the earth's biosphere. It covers roughly 70 percent of Earth's surface and plays a pivotal role in the cycl...

Combustion has provided society with most of its energy needs for millenia, from igniting the fires of cave dwellers to propelling the rockets that...

More than four decades have passed since a human first set foot on the Moon. Great strides have been made in our understanding of what is required ...

The Department of Defense (DoD) is the largest consumer of energy in the federal government. In turn, the U.S. Air Force is the largest consumer of...

The U. S. Air force currently invests significantly in science and technology for directed-energy weapon (DEW) systems. Key elements of this invest...

While progress has been made in the development of decarbonization technologies, much work remains in scale-up and deployment. For decarbonization ...

In September 2015, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a two-day workshop on evolving paradigms for design and m...

The convergence of imaging, pathology, and laboratory testing data, augmented with information technology, is referred to as integrated diagnostics...

Combat helmets have evolved considerably over the years from those used in World War I to today's Advanced Combat Helmet. One of the key advances w...

Report of a Workshop on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Workforce Needs for the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. De...

Cost and schedule growth is a problem experienced by many types of projects in many fields of endeavor. Based on prior studies of cost growth in NA...

A broad and growing literature describes the deep and multidisciplinary nature of the sustainability challenges faced by the United States and the ...

During the past decade and a half, the National Research Council, through its Committee on National Statistics, has carried out a number of studies...

The National Research Council's Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board (ARLTAB) provides biennial assessments of the scientific and te...

The light-duty vehicle fleet is expected to undergo substantial technological changes over the next several decades. New powertrain designs, altern...

The mission of the Engineering Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is to promote U.S. innovation and industrial...

The Next Generation Air Transportation System's (NextGen) goal is the transformation of the U.S. national airspace system through programs and init...

Opportunities for High-Power, High-Frequency Transmitters to Advance Ionospheric/Thermospheric Research is the summary of a workshop convened by th...

On December 2-3, 2014, the Space Studies Board and the Board on Science Education of the National Research Council held a workshop on the NASA Scie...

In today's world, the range of technologies with the potential to threaten the security of U.S. military forces is extremely broad. These include d...

Active remote sensing is the principal tool used to study and to predict short- and long-term changes in the environment of Earth - the atmosphere,...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST's) Material Measurement Laboratory (MML) is our nation's reference laboratory for measur...

Simulators currently provide an alternative to aircraft when it comes to training requirements, both for the military and for commercial airlines. ...

Planetary protection is a guiding principle in the design of an interplanetary mission, aiming to prevent biological contamination of both the targ...

In 2015, the Air Force Studies Board conducted a workshop, consisting of two data-gathering sessions, to review current research practices employed...

At the request of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has, sin...

The 21st Century Truck Partnership (21CTP) works to reduce fuel consumption and emissions, increase heavy-duty vehicle safety, and support research...

In June 2016 the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened the Workshop on Encryption and Mechanisms for Authorized Govern...

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is responsible for providing and maintaining the capabilities necessary to sustain a safe, secu...

In August 2014, the committee on Defense Materials Manufacturing and Infrastructure convened a workshop to discuss issues related to applying mater...

If the United States is to sustain its economic prosperity, quality of life, and global competitiveness, it must continue to have an abundance of s...