Author: National Research Council

The Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, Third Edition, assists judges in managing cases involving complex scientific and technical evidence by...

This report summarizes the proceedings of a workshop convened in June 2010 to critically examine the various databases that could provide national ...

During July 10-13, 2011, 68 participants from 32 countries gathered in Istanbul, Turkey for a workshop organized by the United States National Rese...

The field of corrosion science and engineering is on the threshold of important advances. Advances in lifetime prediction and technological solutio...

Historically, the flow of sediment in the Missouri River has been as important as the flow of water for a variety of river functions. The sediment ...

The United States military is arguably the most intensely technological, complex enterprise in existence. When compared to the gross domestic produ...

Every 10 years the National Research Council releases a survey of astronomy and astrophysics outlining priorities for the coming decade. The most r...

The March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami sparked a humanitarian disaster in northeastern Japan. They were responsible for more t...

Natural disastersincluding hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and floodscaused more than 220,000 deaths worldwide in the first half of 20...

Across the United States, thousands of hazardous waste sites are contaminated with chemicals that prevent the underlying groundwater from meeting d...

Following an earlier NRC workshop on public response to alerts and warnings delivered to mobile devices, a related workshop was held on February 2...

In the fall of 2010, the U.S. National Academies (consisting of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Inst...

Responding to the challenges of fostering regional growth and employment in an increasingly competitive global economy, many U.S. states and region...

Natural gas in deep shale formations, which can be developed by hydraulic fracturing and associated technologies (often collectively referred to as...

The education system in the United States is continually challenged to adapt and improve, in part because its mission has become far more ambitious...

The development and application of technology has been an essential part of U.S. airpower, leading to a century of air supremacy. But that developm...

In recent years, as science becomes increasingly international and collaborative, the importance of projects that involve research teams and resear...

The ocean has absorbed a significant portion of all human-made carbon dioxide emissions. This benefits human society by moderating the rate of clim...

Higher education is a linchpin of the American economy and society: teaching and research at colleges and universities contribute significantly to ...

The polar regions are experiencing rapid changes in climate. These changes are causing observable ecological impacts of various types and degrees o...

The public-private partnership to develop vehicles that require less petroleum-based fuel and emit fewer greenhouse gases should continue to includ...

The first two decades of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program have provided a successful and useful asses...

In recent years, planetary science has seen a tremendous growth in new knowledge. Deposits of water ice exist at the Moon's poles. Discoveries on t...

Changes in the 21st century security environment require new analytic approaches to support strategic deterrence. Because current adversaries may b...