Author: Engineering

One of the pathways by which the scientific community confirms the validity of a new scientific discovery is by repeating the research that produce...

Innovation has been a major engine of American economic and societal progress. It has increased per capita income more than sevenfold since the 19t...

Accessible and affordable housing can enable community living, maximize independence, and promote health for vulnerable populations. However, the U...

Since the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), health care reform has created major changes in the U.S. health care sys...

Oil and gas well completion and stimulation technologies to develop unconventional hydrocarbon resources in the United States have evolved over the...

The United States faces an alarmingly high rate of maternal morbidity and mortality, distinguishing it from other high-income countries that have a...

Research conducted over the past two decades has shown that poor patient understanding of medication instructions is an important contributor to th...

The United States has long recognized that the nation's prosperity and security depend on how we address challenges of disasters, poverty, famine, ...

An adequate, well-trained, and diverse health care workforce is essential for providing access to quality health care services. However, despite mo...

Federal government statistics provide critical information to the country and serve a key role in a democracy. For decades, sample surveys with ins...

Both the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) have responsibilities for evaluat...

On June 16, 2016, the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement held a workshop at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Brooklyn, New York...

Marine mammals face a large array of stressors, including loss of habitat, chemical and noise pollution, and bycatch in fishing, which alone kills ...

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is one of the largest examples of U.S. public-private partnerships, and was established in 19...

Cities have experienced an unprecedented rate of growth in the last decade. More than half the world's population lives in urban areas, with the U....

Produced waterwater from underground formations that is brought to the surface during oil and gas productionis the greatest volume byproduct associ...

In the U.S. criminal justice system in 2014, an estimated 2.2 million people were in incarcerated or under correctional supervision on any given da...

The term service-learning generally refers to projects planned as components of academic coursework in which students use knowledge and skills taug...

The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel & Readiness), referred to throughout this report as P&R, is responsible for the tot...

Hepatitis B and C cause most cases of hepatitis in the United States and the world. The two diseases account for about a million deaths a year and ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a mission and regulatory responsibility to protect human health and the environment. EPA's pursu...

U.S. strength in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines has formed the basis of innovations, technologies, and indust...

To examine the science, policy, and practice surrounding supporting family and community investments in young children globally and children in acu...

The continued presence of highly enriched uranium (HEU) in civilian installations such as research reactors poses a threat to national and internat...

The 2012 National Research Council report Continuing Innovation in Information Technology illustrates how fundamental research in information techn...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board (ARLTAB) provides biennial asse...

The responsible management of natural resources for present-day needs and future generations requires integrated approaches that are place-based, e...

Note: This is the French translation of Recent Fertility Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa. Fertility rates and population growth influence economic dev...

This is the fourth in a series of five letter reports that provide an independent review of the more than 30 evidence reports that NASA has compile...

Over the last decade, several large-scale United States and international programs have been initiated to incorporate advances in molecular and cel...

Decades of research have demonstrated that the parent-child dyad and the environment of the familywhich includes all primary caregiversare at the f...

Large catastrophic events, or rare acute events, may cause situations in which a local jurisdiction's medicines and medical supplies are not suffic...

In 1943, as part of the Manhattan Project, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation was established with the mission to produce plutonium for nuclear weapon...

Health literacy is a critical skill for engaging in healthy behaviors to reduce disease risk and improve health outcomes across the continuum of ca...