Author: National Academies of Sciences

The U.S. Army is working on a major science and technology development program to build the Strategic Long Range Cannon to fire a hypersonic projec...

To take stock of lessons learned from COVID-19 around the world and in the United States, the Forum on Microbial Threats held two virtual workshops...

Autoimmune diseases occur when the body's immune system malfunctions and mistakenly attacks healthy cells, tissues, and organs. Strong data on the ...

Encryption is a process for making information unreadable by an adversary who does not possess a specific key that is required to make the encrypte...

Coeur d'Alene Lake in northern Idaho is an invaluable natural, recreational, and economic resource for communities in Idaho and eastern Washington....

Oil and natural gas represent more than 50 percent of the worldwide energy supply, with high energy demand driven by population growth and improvin...

Patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) rely on family members, their community, and the health care system for pr...

Dietary assessment in older adults presents many unique problems due to the diversity of health states and capabilities that span the population gr...

Patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) studies consider the questions and outcomes that are meaningful to patients to compare the effectiveness ...

Biological physics, or the physics of living systems, has emerged fully as a field of physics, alongside more traditional fields of astrophysics an...

In October 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a 1-day public workshop on Principles and Practices for Fed...

Despite the integral contribution of oral health to general health status, it continues to be treated as a marginalized and less important practice...

Consequences of natural disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic have taken a cumulative toll on the health and well-being of people in the Gulf of Mexi...

The next decade of planetary science and astrobiology holds tremendous promise. New research will expand our understanding of our solar system's or...

Those involved in the drug development process face challenges of efficiency and overall sustainability due in part to high research costs, lengthy...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on the lives of children and their families, who have faced innumerable challenges such as il...

The Roundtable on Obesity Solutions of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop in Washington, DC, on April 6,...

The predominant way of making steel in the United Sates is by using an electric arc furnace (EAF) to melt scrap steel, which results in the formati...

One of the major challenges in materials science today is developing materials that can survive and function in extreme environments, such as the h...

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

Black men are increasingly underrepresented in medical schools and in the medical profession. A diverse workforce is a key attribute of quality hea...

Since 1938 and 1941, nutrient intake recommendations have been issued to the public in Canada and the United States, respectively. Currently define...

An international consensus policy to prevent the biological cross-contamination of planetary bodies exists and is maintained by the Committee on Sp...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) administers two programs that provide benefits based on disability: the Social Security Disability Insuran...

The radio frequency spectrum is a limited resource with ever increasing demand from an expansive range of applicationsall the way from commercial, ...

The history of the U.S. criminal justice system is marked by racial inequality and sustained by present day policy. Large racial and ethnic dispari...

Steel is a common component of U.S. infrastructure, but that steel can corrode when buried in soil, rock, or fill. Steel corrosion is estimated to ...

In response to a request from Congress, the Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine conducted...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Roundtable on Obesity Solutions convened a three-part workshop series that explored...

COVID-19 has proven among the worst public health crises in a generation. Public health emergencies (PHE) have always been anticipated. Despite the...

The widespread adoption of electric vehicles will play a critical role in decarbonizing the transportation sector as the nation moves toward net-ze...

On December 7 and 8, 2020, the Roundtable on Black Men and Black Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine of the National Academies of Sciences,...

As the demographics of the United States shift toward a population that is made up of an increasing percentage of older adults and people with disa...

With the amount of data in the world exploding, big data could generate significant value in the field of infectious disease. The increased use of ...

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) began 40 years ago as a pilot program and has since grown to serv...