Author: National Research Council

The Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management is developing a technology roadmap to guide planning and possible future congressiona...

Adolescence is a time when youth make decisions, both good and bad, that have consequences for the rest of their lives. Some of these decisions put...

Soldiers deployed during the 1991 Persian Gulf War were exposed to high concentrations of particulate matter (PM) and other airborne pollutants. Th...

A mismatch between the federal government's revenues and spending, now and in the foreseeable future, requires heavy borrowing, leading to a large ...

Intangible assetswhich include computer software, research and development (R&D), intellectual property, workforce training, and spending to ra...

Advancing the state of aviation safety is a central mission of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Congress requested this re...

Best Available and Safest Technologies for Offshore Oil and Gas Operations: Options for Implementation explores a range of options for improving th...

Steps Toward Large-Scale Data Integration in the Sciences summarizes a National Research Council (NRC) workshop to identify some of the major chall...

In the five decades since NASA was created, the agency has sustained its legacy from the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA) in playi...

The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is housed within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and offers insurance policies that are ...

The growing problem of changing environmental conditions caused by climate destabilization is well recognized as one of the defining issues of our ...

Many measurement systems to monitor the well-being of children and guide services are implemented across the community, state, and national levels ...

The tremendous progress in biology over the last half century - from Watson and Crick's elucidation of the structure of DNA to today's astonishing,...

The 2001 National Research Council (NRC) report Basic Research Opportunities in Earth Science (BROES) described how basic research in the Earth sci...

Advanced computing capabilities are used to tackle a rapidly growing range of challenging science and engineering problems, many of which are compu...

The Standing Committee on Defense Materials Manufacturing and Infrastructure (the DMMI standing committee) of the National Materials and Manufactur...

Global climate change is one of America's most significant long-term policy challenges. Human activityespecially the use of fossil fuels, industria...

Understanding the effects of natural and human-induced changes on the global environment and their implications requires a foundation of integrated...

Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals, Volume 15 identifies, reviews, and interprets relevant toxicologic and other scien...

In the past decade, few subjects at the intersection of medicine and sports have generated as much public interest as sports-related concussions - ...

Adapting to a Changing World was commissioned by the National Science Foundation to examine the present status of undergraduate physics education, ...

Floods take a heavy toll on society, costing lives, damaging buildings and property, disrupting livelihoods, and sometimes necessitating federal di...

Individuals with disabilities, chronic conditions, and functional impairments need a range of services and supports to keep living independently. H...