Author: National Academies of Sciences

Millions of Americans of all ages face the challenge of living with serious illnesses such as advanced cancer, heart, or lung disease. Many people ...

Recent advancements in quantum-enabled systems present a variety of new opportunities and challenges. These technologies are important developments...

With U.S. health care costs projected to grow at an average rate of 5.5 percent per year from 2018 to 2027, or 0.8 percentage points faster than th...

Increasing numbers of evidence-based interventions have proven effective in preventing and treating behavioral disorders in children. However, the ...

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

The U.S. Congress asked the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a technical study on lessons learned from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear acciden...

Thanks to remarkable advances in modern health care attributable to science, engineering, and medicine, it is now possible to cure or manage illnes...

The Intelligence Community Studies Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop on August 9-10, 2017 ...

Proactive policing, as a strategic approach used by police agencies to prevent crime, is a relatively new phenomenon in the United States. It devel...

Software update is an important mechanism by which security changes and improvements are made in software, and this seemingly simple concept encomp...

The Update to the Strategic Plan (USP) is a supplement to the Ten-Year Strategic Plan of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) completed...

For the United States, the 1991 Persian Gulf War was a brief and successful military operation with few injuries and deaths. However, soon after re...

The workshop summarized in this report was organized as part of a study sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ...

Every patient is unique, and the evolving field of precision medicine aims to ensure the delivery of the right treatment to the right patient at th...

Huanglongbing (HLB) or citrus greening, first observed more than a hundred years ago in Asia, is the most serious disease threat to the citrus-grow...

Climate change poses many challenges that affect society and the natural world. With these challenges, however, come opportunities to respond. By t...

A hallmark of high-quality cancer care is the delivery of the right treatment to the right patient at the right time. Precision oncology therapies,...

To explore value proposition for different sectors that engage in global health - including industry, government, philanthropy, and civil society -...

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) professionals generate a stream of scientific discoveries and technological innovations tha...

Societies around the world are concerned about dementia and the other forms of cognitive impairment that affect many older adults. We now know that...

The U.S. Census Bureau maintains an important portfolio of economic statistics programs, including quinquennial economic censuses, annual economic ...

Chronic pain is one of the most prevalent, costly, and disabling health conditions in the United States. Estimates show that more than 11 percent o...

Since its origin 23 years ago as a pilot test conducted in four U.S. counties, the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) has been th...