Author: National Academies of Sciences

Students, parents, and government agencies need as much information as possible about the outcomes of the higher education experience and the exten...

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

In 2005, the National Research Council report Rising Above the Gathering Storm recommended a new way for the federal government to spur technologic...

The Workshop on Integrating New Measures of Trauma into the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Data Collection Pr...

The 21st century has witnessed a complete revolution in the understanding and description of bacteria in eco- systems and microbial assemblages, an...

To safeguard public health, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must keep abreast of new scientific information and emerging technologies ...

Over the past several decades, fertility rates have fallen substantially in low- and middle-income countries, and efforts to limit fertility, prima...

One in five people in the United States had a sexually transmitted infection (STI) on any given day in 2018, totaling nearly 68 million estimated i...

The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) administers programs that provide disability benefits. Once SSA establishes the presence of a severe ...

The potential misuse of advances in life sciences research is raising concerns about national security threats. Dual Use Research of Concern in the...

Human spaceflight is inherently risky, with numerous potential hazards posed at each phase of a mission. Potential health risks during spaceflights...

Separation science plays a critical role in maintaining our standard of living and quality of life. Many industrial processes and general necessiti...

The United States prides itself on being a nation of immigrants, and the country has a long history of successfully absorbing people from across th...

Since the 2014 Ebola outbreak many public- and private-sector leaders have seen a need for improved management of global public health emergencies....

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service (USDA/ERS) maintains four highly related but distinct geographic classification system...

Review of NASA's Evidence Reports on Human Health Risks 2015 Letter Report is the third in a series of five reports from the Institute of Medicine ...

Mitochondrial replacement techniques (MRTs) are designed to prevent the transmission of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) diseases from mother to child. Wh...

Over the past few years the common use of telehealth technology has been rapidly expanding. While remote models of care have been successfully used...

The Planning Committee on Connector Reliability for Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Operations held the Workshop on Bolting Reliability for Offshore O...

Instructional materials are a key means to achieving the goals of science educationan enterprise that yields unique and worthwhile benefits to indi...

Since 1969, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has been providing policymakers, educators, and the public with reports on acade...

The World Health Organization defines the social determinants of health as the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and ...

In times of rapid change and constrained resources, measures that are important, focused, and reliable are vital. However there is an overabundance...