Author: Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

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...

The Department of Commerce operates two telecommunications research laboratories located at the Department of Commerce's Boulder, Colorado, campus:...

The United States manufactured significant quantities of chemical weapons during the Cold War and the years prior. Because the chemical weapons are...

The electromagnetic spectrum is a vital part of our environment. Measures of radio frequency emissions from natural phenomena enable both practical...

In 1993, the United States signed the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), an international treaty outlawing the production, stockpiling, and use of ...

The Department of Commerce operates two telecommunications research laboratories located at the Department of Commerce's Boulder, Colorado, campus:...

Passenger screening at commercial airports in the United States has gone through significant changes since the events of September 11, 2001. In res...

Recent years have yielded significant advances in computing and communication technologies, with profound impacts on society. Technology is transfo...

New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics (NWNH), the report of the 2010 decadal survey of astronomy and astrophysics, put forward a v...

Historically, the United States has been a world leader in aerospace endeavors in both the government and commercial sectors. A key factor in aeros...

The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) is a multiagency, multidisciplinary federal initiative comprising a collection of research programs an...

Owing to the expansion of network-centric operating concepts across the Department of Defense (DOD) and the growing threat to information and cyber...

Electricity is the lifeblood of modern society, and for the vast majority of people that electricity is obtained from large, interconnected power g...

People's desire to understand the environments in which they live is a natural one. People spend most of their time in spaces and structures design...

Prior to 2012, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) technology had been primarily used by the military and hobbyists, but it has more recently transitio...

Information technology (IT) is widely understood to be the enabling technology of the 21st century. IT has transformed, and continues to transform,...

Spacecraft depend on electronic components that must perform reliably over missions measured in years and decades. Space radiation is a primary sou...

High energy density (HED) science has critical applications for society from fusion energy to sustaining the US nuclear deterrent, while also contr...

While there are examples of successful weapon systems acquisition programs within the U.S. Air Force (USAF), many of the programs are still incurri...

The development of technologies to modify natural human physical and cognitive performance is one of increasing interest and concern, especially am...

NASA proposed to make a hardware contribution to the European Space Agency's (ESA's) Euclid mission in exchange for U.S. membership on the Euclid S...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is widely admired for astonishing accomplishments since its formation in 1958. Looking ahe...

Over the past 5 years or more, there has been a steady and significant decrease in NASA's laboratory capabilities, including equipment, maintenance...