Author: Engineering

Extremely hazardous substances can be released accidentally as a result of chemical spills, industrial explosions, fires, or accidents involving ra...

Over the past 20 years, public concerns have grown in response to the apparent rising prevalence of food allergy and related atopic conditions, suc...

The Edwards Aquifer in south-central Texas is the primary source of water for one of the fastest growing cities in the United States, San Antonio, ...

The concept of utilizing big data to enable scientific discovery has generated tremendous excitement and investment from both private and public se...

The Research and Analysis (R&A) program managed by NASA's Planetary Science Division (PSD), supports a broad range of planetary science activit...

In order to better understand the critical issues pertaining to the concept of performance standards for laboratory animal use, the Institute for L...

The Everglades ecosystem is vast, stretching more than 200 miles from Orlando to Florida Bay, and Everglades National Park is but a part located at...

Recent health care payment reforms aim to improve the alignment of Medicare payment strategies with goals to improve the quality of care provided, ...

The standard incandescent light bulb, which still works mainly as Thomas Edison invented it, converts more than 90% of the consumed electricity int...

After decades of increases in the obesity rate among U.S. adults and children, the rate recently has dropped among some populations, particularly y...

The integration and coordination of health, education, nutrition, social protection, and other services have the potential to improve the lives of ...

In September 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop to examine trends and patterns in aging and fa...

Brucellosis is a nationally and internationally regulated disease of livestock with significant consequences for animal health, public health, and ...

NASA's Earth Science Division (ESD) conducts a wide range of satellite and suborbital missions to observe Earth's land surface and interior, biosph...

Advances in genetics and genomics are transforming medical practice, resulting in a dramatic growth of genetic testing in the health care system. T...

The environment for women's health has changed over the last 25 years. Increased use of automobiles can lead to health risks from lack of physical ...

Carbon materials pervade many aspects of modern life, from fuels and building materials to consumer goods and commodity chemicals. Reaching net-ze...

The Air Force Studies Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a three-part workshop series to investigate the...

On June 21-22, 2017, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Food and Nutrition Board convened a workshop in Washington, DC...

At the request of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Technology, Powering the U.S. Army of the Future examines the U.S. Ar...