Author: National Academies of Sciences

On August 7-8, 2019, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a public workshop in Washington, DC, to review the status...

Teachers play a critical role in the success of their students, both academically and in regard to long term outcomes such as higher education part...

Education and health care significantly influence well-being and health outcomes, especially throughout adolescence. In fact, doctors note that per...

California and other wildfire-prone western states have experienced a substantial increase in the number and intensity of wildfires in recent years...

The field of atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) science underpins many technologies and continues to progress at an exciting pace for both scient...

The conditions and characteristics of correctional facilities - overcrowded with rapid population turnover, often in old and poorly ventilated stru...

In 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine issued an Interim Report evaluating the general viability of the U.S. Depart...

On December 4-5, 2019, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a 1.5-day public workshop titled Exploring the Frontiers ...

Because of the recent advances in embryo modeling techniques, and at the request of the Office of Science Policy in the Office of the Director at t...

The mission of Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is to discover, innovate, and transition science and technology to ensure dominant strategic land pow...

A widespread and rapid transition to a low-carbon energy system by 2050 is essential to keep pace with ambitious policy goals and avoid the worst c...

At any one time, at least 30,000 people in the U.S. are living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a rapidly progressive, fatal neurological ...

A high-quality preschool education can foster critical development and learning that promotes joyful, affirming, and enriching learning opportuniti...

Since 1944, the National Research Council (NRC) has published seven editions of the Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle. This reference has guide...

Concerted efforts to deepen understanding of RNA modifications and their role in living systems hold the potential to advance human health, improve...

The lack of a clear and consistent definition for Long COVID presents challenges for policymakers, researchers, public health professionals, clinic...

Climate change is fundamentally changing ecosystems and their fire conditions, and the 2023 fire season highlighted the urgency of developing and i...

Family caregiving is not simply an outside obligation that has no bearing on the workings of academic science, technology, engineering, mathematics...

Seafood--including marine and freshwater fish, mollusks, and crustaceans--is a healthy food choice, but it can also contain contaminants. It is cur...

A National Academies committee was tasked with identifying essential health care services for women related to intimate partner violence (IPV) duri...

Between 1980 and mid-2023, 232 billion-dollar disasters occurred in the U.S. Gulf Coast region, with the number of disasters doubling annually sinc...

To examine the potential role of companion animals as sentinels of relevant, shared environmental exposures that may affect human aging and cancer,...