Author: National Research Council

Recent serious and sometimes fatal accidents in chemical research laboratories at United States universities have driven government agencies, profe...

Potential health effects from chemicals that disrupt endocrine function pose an environmental health concern because of their ability to interfere ...

We depend on information and information technology (IT) to make many of our day-to-day tasks easier and more convenient. Computers play key roles ...

Flexible electronics describes circuits that can bend and stretch, enabling significant versatility in applications and the prospect of low-cost ma...

Sociality, Hierarchy, Health: Comparative Biodemography is a collection of papers that examine cross-species comparisons of social environments wit...

By 2050 the world's population is projected to grow by one-third, reaching between 9 and 10 billion. With globalization and expected growth in glob...

The United States embarked on bold polices to enhance its food and agricultural system during the last half of the 19th century, investing first in...

Every day in the United States, children and adolescents are victims of commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking. These are not only ille...

Hurricane- and coastal-storm-related losses have increased substantially during the past century, largely due to increases in population and develo...

The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Economic Research Service's (ERS) Food Availability Data System includes three distinct but ...

This book is the eighth volume in the series Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals, and reviews AEGLs for acrolein, carbo...

As the availability of high-throughput data-collection technologies, such as information-sensing mobile devices, remote sensing, internet log recor...

Climate theory dictates that core elements of the climate system, including precipitation, evapotranspiration, and reservoirs of atmospheric and so...

The Everglades ecosystem is vast, stretching more than 200 miles from Orlando to Florida Bay, and Everglades National Park is but a part located at...

What students learn about the science disciplines, technology, engineering, and mathematics during their K-12 schooling shapes their intellectual d...

On September 8-9, 2011, experts in solar physics, climate models, paleoclimatology, and atmospheric science assembled at the National Center for At...

The Environmental Protection Agency's estimate of the costs associated with implementing numeric nutrient criteria in Florida's waterways was signi...

The ocean is a fundamental component of the earth's biosphere. It covers roughly 70 percent of Earth's surface and plays a pivotal role in the cycl...

On May 8, 2009, the symposium, The Federal Statistical System: Recognizing Its Contributions, Moving It Forward was held in Washington, DC. One of ...

Combustion has provided society with most of its energy needs for millenia, from igniting the fires of cave dwellers to propelling the rockets that...

People are constantly changing the land surface through construction, agriculture, energy production, and other activities. Changes both in how lan...

More than four decades have passed since a human first set foot on the Moon. Great strides have been made in our understanding of what is required ...

During the last decade, national and international scientific organizations have become increasingly engaged in considering how to respond to the b...

It is critical that we increase public knowledge and understanding of science and technology issues through formal and informal learning for the Un...

The world's ocean has already experienced a 30% rise in acidity since the industrial revolution, with acidity expected to rise 100 to 150% over pre...

Following a 2011 report by the National Research Council (NRC) on successful K-12 education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (S...

The United States has seen major advances in medical care during the past decades, but access to care at an affordable cost is not universal. Many ...

The scientific work of women is often viewed through a national or regional lens, but given the growing worldwide connectivity of most, if not all,...

Energy and mineral resources are essential for the nation's fundamental functions, its economy, and security. Nonfuel minerals are essential for th...

For thousands of years, the underground has provided humans refuge, useful resources, physical support for surface structures, and a place for spir...

Lead is a ubiquitous metal in the environment, and its adverse effects on human health are well documented. Lead interacts at multiple cellular sit...

For many household surveys in the United States, responses rates have been steadily declining for at least the past two decades. A similar decline ...

The BioWatch program, funded and overseen by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has three main elementssampling, analysis, and responseeach...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is responsible for securing and managing the nation's borders. Over the past decade, DHS has dramati...

The Consumer Expenditure (CE) surveys are the only source of information on the complete range of consumers' expenditures and incomes in the United...

In May 2012, the National Park Service (NPS) asked the National Research Council to conduct a scientific review of a Draft Environmental Impact St...