Author: National Research Council

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...

From the use of personal products to our consumption of food, water, and air, people are exposed to a wide array of agents each daymany with the po...

Scientific evidence shows that most glaciers in South Asia's Hindu Kush Himalayan region are retreating, but the consequences for the region's wate...

Climate is changing, forced out of the range of the past million years by levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases not seen in the Earth...

The Department of Defense (DoD) is the largest consumer of energy in the federal government. In turn, the U.S. Air Force is the largest consumer of...

After decades of stability from the 1920s to the early 1970s, the rate of imprisonment in the United States more than quadrupled during the last fo...

The U. S. Air force currently invests significantly in science and technology for directed-energy weapon (DEW) systems. Key elements of this invest...

Combat helmets have evolved considerably over the years from those used in World War I to today's Advanced Combat Helmet. One of the key advances w...

Uranium mining in the Commonwealth of Virginia has been prohibited since 1982 by a state moratorium, although approval for restricted uranium explo...

The blowout of the Macondo well on April 20, 2010, led to enormous consequences for the individuals involved in the drilling operations, and for th...

Report of a Workshop on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Workforce Needs for the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. De...

Aquaculture now supplies half of the seafood and fisheries products consumed worldwide and is gaining international significance as a source of foo...

Numerous teaching, learning, assessment, and institutional innovations in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) ed...

The two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, February 12, 2009, occurred at a critical time for the United States and the world. I...

Since 1944, the National Research Council has published 10 editions of the Nutrient Requirements of Swine. This reference has guided nutritionists ...

New research opportunities to advance hydrologic sciences promise a better understanding of the role of water in the Earth system that could help i...

According to the United Nations, three out of five people will be living in cities worldwide by the year 2030. The United States continues to exper...

Cost and schedule growth is a problem experienced by many types of projects in many fields of endeavor. Based on prior studies of cost growth in NA...

Demographic changes, immigration, economic upheavals, and changing societal mores are creating new and altered structures, processes, and relations...

A broad and growing literature describes the deep and multidisciplinary nature of the sustainability challenges faced by the United States and the ...

U.S. mariculture production of bivalve molluscs-those cultivated in the marine environment-has roughly doubled over the last 25 years. Although mar...

During the past decade and a half, the National Research Council, through its Committee on National Statistics, has carried out a number of studies...

The National Research Council's Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board (ARLTAB) provides biennial assessments of the scientific and te...

Since 1990, when the last guidelines for weight gain during pregnancy were issued, the average body weight of women entering their childbearing yea...

Over the last two decades, computers have become omnipresent in daily life. Their increased power and accessibility have enabled the accumulation, ...

The light-duty vehicle fleet is expected to undergo substantial technological changes over the next several decades. New powertrain designs, altern...

Technological Challenges in Antibiotic Discovery and Development is the summary of a workshop convened by the Chemical Sciences Roundtable in Septe...

The mission of the Engineering Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is to promote U.S. innovation and industrial...

The Next Generation Air Transportation System's (NextGen) goal is the transformation of the U.S. national airspace system through programs and init...

Opportunities for High-Power, High-Frequency Transmitters to Advance Ionospheric/Thermospheric Research is the summary of a workshop convened by th...

Based on a one-day public workshop held in Washington, DC, Opportunities and Obstacles in Large-Scale Biomass Utilization: The Role of the Chemical...