Author: Research

Natural gas extraction from shale formations, which includes hydraulic fracturing, is increasingly in the news as the use of extraction technologie...

On November 7-8, 2013, the Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine held a workshop to discuss a...

Including Health in Global Frameworks for Development, Wealth, and Climate Change is the summary of a three-part public webinar convened by the Ins...

Liquid fuels are a major part of modern life. They supply energy for ground, water, and air transportation as well as power for industrial and farm...

Global Development Goals and Linkages to Health and Sustainability is the summary of a public three-part webinar series hosted by the Global Enviro...

A particularly valuable opportunity to improve public health arises when an urban area is being redesigned and rebuilt following some type of serio...

In March 2015, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop to explore the role that chemical exposures may play i...

One of the many benefits of the U.S. food system is a safe, nutritious, and consistent food supply. However, the same system also places significan...

In 1992 world leaders met at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro to reaffirm the Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environme...

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...

California and other wildfire-prone western states have experienced a substantial increase in the number and intensity of wildfires in recent years...