Author: National Academies of Sciences

Research to advance understanding of the ecology and biology of wildlife species is more important than ever as the world confronts issues ranging ...

High-quality early care and education for children from birth to kindergarten entry is critical to positive child development and has the potential...

Encryption protects information stored on smartphones, laptops, and other devices - in some cases by default. Encrypted communications are provided...

Over the last few decades, research, activity, and funding has been devoted to improving the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women in th...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) program develops human health assessments that focus on ...

More intense heat waves, extended wildfire seasons and other escalating impacts of climate change have made it more important than ever to fill kno...

The U.S. Department of State, through its Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), provides foreign assistance and supp...

Valued for its ecological richness and economic value, the U.S. Gulf of Mexico is under substantial pressure from human activities. The Deepwater H...

Despite advances in the delivery of high-quality cancer care and improvements in patient outcomes in recent years, disparities in cancer incidence,...

To help prioritize among possible investments to improve the resilience of built infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico region, the National Academie...

During the past 25 years, the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, in collaboration with the Russian Academy of Sciences...

In response to a request from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - and with the support of the National Aeronautics and Space Admi...

During the last century and today, the Tennessee walking horse has been used primarily for pleasure and show competition. Unique and natural to the...

Climate change is creating impacts that are widespread and severe for individuals, communities, economies, and ecosystems around the world. While ...

Significant efforts are ongoing within the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to improve national security and competitiveness by harnessing the growing power o...

As a living substrate, soil is critical to the function of Earth's geophysical and chemical properties. Soil also plays a major role in several hum...

At the request of Congress, this report presents findings and recommendations related to governance of the U.S. government's monitoring, detection,...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) administers two programs that provide disability benefits: the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)...

Established in December 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Roundtable on Data Science Postsecondary Education wa...

In December 2019, new cases of severe pneumonia were first detected in Wuhan, China, and the cause was determined to be a novel beta coronavirus re...

Electric power is a critical infrastructure that is vital to the U.S. economy and national security. Today, the nation's electric power infrastruct...

Headlines frequently appear that purport to highlight the differences among workers of different generations and explain how employers can manage t...

Business structures, employment relationships, job characteristics, and worker outcomes have changed in the United States over the last few decades...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine last reviewed the state of the science on nutrition during pregnancy and lactation 30...

Human milk is considered the biologic norm for feeding the human infant during the first 6 months of life, and it is a preferred food from 6 to 12 ...

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)leads a nuclear security enterprise that includes three national laboratories, several productio...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine was asked to articulate a 5-year strategic vision for international health security p...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has overseen significant upgrades to the technology used to manage aviation operations to increase the sa...

In 2009 the Institute of Medicine (IOM) began to assess the need for better-defined medical and public health crisis standards of care (CSC) for ca...

The goal of planetary protection is to control, to the degree possible, the biological cross-contamination of planetary bodies. Guidelines develope...

The Earth system functions and connects in unexpected ways - from the microscopic interactions of bacteria and rocks to the macro-scale processes t...

On November 13 and 14, 2018, members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Global Forum on Innovation in Health Profes...

From daily commutes to cross-country road trips, millions of light-duty vehicles are on the road every day. The transportation sector is one of the...

Throughout history, perhaps no other disease has generated the level of social, scientific, and political discourse or has had the degree of cultur...

Healthy mental, emotional, and behavioral (MEB) development is a critical foundation for a productive adulthood. Much is known about strategies to ...

The 2011 National Research Council decadal survey on biological and physical sciences in space, Recapturing a Future for Space Exploration: Life an...

Every ten years, the Department of Health and Human Service's Healthy People Initiative develops a new set of science-based, national objectives wi...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issues standards regulations for energy conservation pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975...

Mentorship is a catalyst capable of unleashing one's potential for discovery, curiosity, and participation in STEMM and subsequently improving the ...

In 2002, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched the Pharmaceutical Quality for the 21st Century Initiative to encourage adoption of i...

Modern geoscience research informs many important decisions and projects, such as geological disaster preparation, natural resource extraction, and...

The border region shared by the United States and Mexico is currently experiencing multiple crises on both sides that present challenges to safegua...

In an increasingly interconnected world, perhaps it should come as no surprise that international collaboration in science and technology research ...

The drylands region shared by the United States and Mexico currently faces multiple sustainability challenges at the intersection of the human and ...

Adolescence is a dynamic time for both brain development and social pressures, making it a critical period to understand mental, emotional, and beh...

There are over 20 million young people of color in the United States whose representation in STEM education pathways and in the STEM workforce is s...

With rapidly rising rates of mental health disorders, changing patterns of occurrence, and increasing levels of morbidity, the need for a better un...

Modern software engineering practices, pioneered by the commercial software community, have begun transforming Department of Defense (DoD) software...