Author: National Research Council

Increasing renewable energy development, both within the United States and abroad, has rekindled interest in the potential for marine and hydrokine...

Climate change is occurring, is very likely caused by human activities, and poses significant risks for a broad range of human and natural systems....

A respected resource for decades, the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals has been updated by a committee of experts, taking into cons...

Created in 1982 through the Small Business Innovation Development Act, the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program remains the nation's s...

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is responsible for the stewardship of the nation's living marine resources and their habitat. As part ...

Many national initiatives in K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education have emphasized the connections between teache...

The United States Army faces a variety of challenges to maintain a ready and capable force into the future. Missions are increasingly diverse, rang...

Advances in the life sciences - from the human genome to biotechnology to personalized medicine and sustainable communities - have profound implica...

In February 2009, the commercial communications satellite Iridium 33 collided with the Russian military communications satellite Cosmos 2251. The c...

In a world of increasing dependence on information technology, the prevention of cyberattacks on a nation's important computer and communications s...

An emerging body of research suggests that a set of broad 21st century skillssuch as adaptability, complex communication skills, and the ability to...

The passive, receive-only Radio Astronomy Service (RAS) and the Earth Exploration-Satellite Service (EESS) provide otherwise impossible scientific ...

The stresses associated with climate change are expected to be felt keenly as human population grows to a projected 9 billion by the middle of this...

Report of a Workshop on the Scope and Nature of Computational Thinking presents a number of perspectives on the definition and applicability of com...

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, understanding the need for policy makers at the national level to entrain the behavioral and social scien...

The intelligence community (IC) plays an essential role in the national security of the United States. Decision makers rely on IC analyses and pred...

High school graduation and dropout rates have long been used as indicators of educational system productivity and effectiveness and of social and e...

Teachers make a difference. The success of any plan for improving educational outcomes depends on the teachers who carry it out and thus on the abi...

The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) is under construction near Richmond, Kentucky, two dispose of one of the two remaini...

This book presents a summary of the Workshop on Public Response to Alerts and Warnings on Mobile Devices: Current Knowledge and Research Gaps, held...

Planning for the 2020 census is already beginning. This book from the National Research Council examines several aspects of census planning, includ...

From the oceans to continental heartlands, human activities have altered the physical characteristics of Earth's surface. With Earth's population p...

Citrus greening, a disease that reduces yield, compromises the flavor, color, and size of citrus fruit and eventually kills the citrus tree, is now...

Thirty years ago federal policy underwent a major change through the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980, which fostered greater uniformity in the way research a...