Author: Policy and Global Affairs

The United States and China are the world's top two energy consumers and, as of 2010, the two largest economies. Consequently, they have a decisive...

In order for the United States to maintain the global leadership and competitiveness in science and technology that are critical to achieving natio...

Electricity, supplied reliably and affordably, is foundational to the U.S. economy and is utterly indispensable to modern society. However, emissio...

During the period 1990 to 2010, U.S. job growth occurred primarily in the high-skilled and low-skilled sectors. Yet, one-third of projected job gro...

According to recent reports, the United States currently accounts for less than one-third of global research and development spending, and it is pr...

On October 17, 2014, spurred by incidents at U.S. government laboratories that raised serious biosafety concerns, the United States government laun...

Demand for tech professionals is expected to increase substantially over the next decade, and increasing the number of women of color in tech will ...

Academic preparation is critical to increase Black representation in Science, Engineering, and Medicine, but so, too, are such interrelated factors...

The COVID-19 pandemic is transforming the global economy and significantly shifting workforce demand, requiring quick, adaptive responses. The pand...

On June 27-28, 2018, the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (the National Academies) convened an international workshop...

While the COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating health and economic impacts in the United States, communities of color, especially Black communitie...

On December 7 and 8, 2020, the Roundtable on Black Men and Black Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine of the National Academies of Sciences,...

When, in late 2011, it became public knowledge that two research groups had submitted for publication manuscripts that reported on their work on ma...

The Republic of Indonesia, home to over 240 million people, is the world's fourth most populous nation. Ethnically, culturally, and economically di...

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

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

The globalization of science, engineering, and medical research is proceeding rapidly. The globalization of research has important implications for...

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...

This report reviews and updates the 2002 National Research Council report, Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (C...

Additive manufacturing (AM) methods have great potential for promoting transformative research in many fields across the vast spectrum of engineeri...

America's research universities have undergone striking change in recent decades, as have many aspects of the society that surrounds them. This cha...

Since 1991, the National Research Council, under the auspices of the Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, has undertaken a program of...