Author: Engineering

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

Scientists, engineers, and medical professionals play a vital role in building the 21st- century science and technology enterprises that will creat...

Nearly 40 percent of the students entering 2- and 4-year postsecondary institutions indicated their intention to major in science, technology, engi...

Gender Differences at Critical Transitions in the Careers of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Faculty presents new and surprising findings abo...

Health information technology is providing patients, clinicians, and researchers with access to data that will enable novel approaches to science a...

The field of quantum information science (QIS) has witnessed a dramatic rise in scientific research activities in the 21st century as excitement ha...

In order for the United States to maintain the global leadership and competitiveness in science and technology that are critical to achieving natio...

Sharing research data on public health issues can promote expanded scientific inquiry and has the potential to advance improvements in public healt...

Emerging infectious disease threats that may not have available treatments or vaccines can directly affect the security of the world's health since...

As part of its responsibilities under the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sets National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQ...

In April 2015, the Institute of Medicine convened a public workshop to explore recent shifts in the health and health care industry and their impli...

Among the many troubling aspects of the rising prevalence of obesity in the United States and elsewhere in recent years, the growth of early childh...

The National Research Council has conducted 11 decadal surveys in the Earth and space sciences since 1964 and released the latest four surveys in t...

A particularly valuable opportunity to improve public health arises when an urban area is being redesigned and rebuilt following some type of serio...

In March 2015, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop to explore the role that chemical exposures may play i...

In 2012, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), section 818, outlined new requirements for industry to serve as the lead in averting counte...

The purpose of accreditation is to build a competent health workforce by ensuring the quality of training taking place within those institutions th...

The Air Force (USAF) has continuously sought to improve the speed with which it develops new capabilities to accomplish its various missions in air...

Electricity, supplied reliably and affordably, is foundational to the U.S. economy and is utterly indispensable to modern society. However, emissio...

NASA operates a large number of space science missions, approximately three-quarters of which are currently in their extended operations phase. The...

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...