Author: National Academies of Sciences

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management is responsible for managing and cleaning up the waste and contamination at the H...

The U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC) leads a continuous effort to modernize and innovate to support future warfighters. AFC now oversees Combat Cap...

In November 2020, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a multi-day virtual symposium on imaging the future of und...

Overwhelming evidence exists that exposure to outdoor fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is associated with a range of short-term and chronic health i...

Americans' safety, productivity, comfort, and convenience depend on the reliable supply of electric power. The electric power system is a complex c...

New technologies and improved understanding of the genesis and progression of various cancers have added to the enthusiasm for potential new strate...

Accumulating evidence gathered over the past three decades has demonstrated a biological basis for differences between men and women with respect t...

The COVID-19 pandemic is transforming the global economy and significantly shifting workforce demand, requiring quick, adaptive responses. The pand...

Cancer treatment can lead to an array of significant short- and long-term physical, psychosocial, and socioeconomic consequences for patients and t...

More than a decade after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the Gulf Research Program convened a diverse group of 60 experts in a virtual event to inf...

Rigorous operational testing (OT) of weapon systems procured by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is fundamental to ensuring that these sophisti...

Approximately five percent of Medicare beneficiaries (2.2 million Americans) are living with serious illness, as are many other non-Medicare eligib...

Involvement with the juvenile justice system can impact young people's physical and mental health and well-being throughout their lives, as well as...

This report evaluates the In-House Laboratory Independent Research (ILIR) conducted at the Research, Development, and Engineering Centers (RDECs) o...

The Antarctic's unique environment and position on the globe make it a prime location to gain insights into how Earth and the universe operate. Thi...

Obesity and overweight pose significant challenges to the armed forces in the United States, affecting service members (including active duty, guar...

The question of whether and under what circumstances terminally ill patients should be able to access life-ending medications with the aid of a phy...

Coal remains one of the principal sources of energy for the United States, and the nation has been a world leader in coal production for more than ...

A virtual workshop titled Integrating Systems and Sectors Toward Obesity Solutions, held April 6, 2020 (Part I), and June 30, 2020 (Part II), was c...

Biokinetic modeling provides a mathematical technique for estimating absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of chemicals, including pa...

Brain health affects Americans across all ages, genders, races, and ethnicities. Enriching the body of scientific knowledge around brain health and...

Medium- and heavy-duty trucks, motor coaches, and transit buses - collectively, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, or MHDVs - are used in every secto...

There is a void in evidence-based information for making informed decisions on how to optimize care for older adults, particularly those 80 years a...

Precision medicine is focused on the individual and will require the rapid and accurate identification and prioritization of causative factors of d...

Recommended intake levels for nutrients and other dietary components were designed initially to prevent nutrient deficiency diseases in a given pop...

On June 27-28, 2018, the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (the National Academies) convened an international workshop...

While the COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating health and economic impacts in the United States, communities of color, especially Black communitie...

On December 5, 2017, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a public workshop titled Nutrigenomics and the Future of ...

The United States is facing an opioid use disorder epidemic with opioid overdoses killing 47,000 people in the U.S. in 2017. The past three decades...

Despite being preventable and curable since the middle of the twentieth century, tuberculosis (TB) has long persisted as the world's deadliest infe...