Author: National Academies of Sciences

Millions of peopleinfants, children, adults, and their familiesare currently coping with serious illness in the United States. Efforts are intensif...

The Transportation Security Administration requested a study by the National Research Council (NRC) to establish the Committee on Airport Passenger...

Many different groups of people are subject to stereotypes. Positive stereotypes (e.g., older and wiser) may provide a benefit to the relevant grou...

Emerging techniques in data analytics, including machine learning and artificial intelligence, offer exciting opportunities for advancing scientifi...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) asked the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a quadrennial review of its ...

Advances in materials science and engineering play a crucial role in supporting the U.S. economy and national security. To maintain its leading edg...

To derive statistics about crime to estimate its levels and trends, assess its costs to and impacts on society, and inform law enforcement approac...

Following a series of natural disasters, including Hurricane Katrina, that revealed shortcomings in the nation's ability to effectively alert popul...

Our ability to observe and forecast severe weather events has improved markedly over the past few decades. Forecasts of snow and ice storms, hurric...

Genomic applications are being integrated into a broad range of clinical and research activities at health care systems across the United States. T...

The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in southwest Washington State radically changed the physical and socio-economic landscapes of the region. The...

The academic biomedical research community is a hub of employment, economic productivity, and scientific progress. Academic research institutions a...

As of 2017, the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance continues unabated around the world, leaving devastating health and economic outco...

A great number of diverse microorganisms inhabit the human body and are collectively referred to as the human microbiome. Until recently, the role ...

Beginning in October 2017, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine organized a set of workshops designed to gather informatio...

Millions of people in the United States live with serious illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), a...

In 2018, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimated 70.8 million people could be considered forced migrants, which is nearly doubl...

Beginning in October 2017, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine organized a set of workshops designed to gather informatio...

Beginning in October 2017, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine organized a set of workshops designed to gather informatio...

The Defense Materials Manufacturing and Infrastructure standing and planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medi...

Cancer is the second leading cause of death among adults in the United States after heart disease. However, improvements in cancer treatment and ea...

Digital health encompasses a broad array of tools and strategies with the goals of advancing research, increasing health care access and quality, a...

From 1962 to 1971, the U.S. military sprayed herbicides over Vietnam to strip the thick jungle canopy that could conceal opposition forces, to dest...

Social isolation and loneliness are serious yet underappreciated public health risks that affect a significant portion of the older adult populatio...

On December 3, 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop, hosted by New York University (NYU) Langone...

As the largest generation in U.S. history - the population born in the two decades immediately following World War II - enters the age of risk for ...

The past century has witnessed remarkable advances in life expectancy in the United States and throughout the world. In 2010, however, progress in ...

Federal laboratories play a unique role in the U.S. economy. Research and development conducted at these labs has contributed to the advancement or...

Commercially significant amounts of crude oil and natural gas lie under the continental shelf of the United States. Advances in locating deposits, ...

Careers in science, engineering, and medicine offer opportunities to advance knowledge, contribute to the well-being of communities, and support th...

To better understand the inequalities facing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth and the promising interventions being use...

Since 2004, the U.S. government has supported the global response to HIV/AIDS through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The ...

Student wellbeing is foundational to academic success. One recent survey of postsecondary educators found that nearly 80 percent believed emotional...

On December 5, 2019, the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a wo...

Over the past century, the work of chemical engineers has helped transform societies and the lives of individuals, from the synthetic fertilizers t...

Influenza viruses, both seasonal and pandemic, have the potential to disrupt the health and well-being of populations around the world. The global ...