Science Funding & Policy

The massive increase in digital information in the last decade has created new requirements for institutional and technological structures and work...

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is one of the largest examples of U.S. public-private partnerships, and was established in 19...

This publication represents the culmination of the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative (NAKFI), a program of the National Academy of Science...

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

This report evaluates the In-House Laboratory Independent Research (ILIR) conducted at the Research, Development, and Engineering Centers (RDECs) o...

In the face of global challenges such as climate change, population growth, and food security, understanding and optimizing crop nutrition has nev...

Integrated Agriculture - An Approach for Sustainable Agriculture offers a comprehensive examination of a transformative agricultural paradigm aime...

Prepared by an international team of authors representing leading universities from different parts of the world, this expansive volume elucidates ...

Dramatic statements about the promise and peril of artificial intelligence for humanity abound, as an industry of experts claims that AI is poised ...

Uncertainties are everywhere. Whether its climate change, financial volatility, pandemic outbreaks or new technologies, we dont know what the futur...

Uncertainties are everywhere. Whether its climate change, financial volatility, pandemic outbreaks or new technologies, we dont know what the futur...

How to repair the disconnect between designers and users, producers and consumers, and tech elites and the rest of us: toward a more democratic int...

Countless books, news reports, and opinion pieces have announced the impending arrival of artificial intelligence, with most claiming that it will ...

Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Some of the largest quantities of data produced today occur as the result of experiments...

This volume looks at current and emerging technologies of war and some of the ethical issues surrounding their use. Although the nature and politic...

A book on queer themes and science communication is timely, if not well overdue. LGBTIQA+ people have unique contributions to make and issues to ...

Engineers know what they mean by the word technology. They mean the things engineers conceive, design, build, and deploy. But what does the word gl...

Most countries in the world use the SI (Système International, also known as the metric system) units for radiation measurements in commercial and ...

Science and art were not always two separate entities. Historically, times of great scientific progress occurred during profound movements in art, ...

In the face of so many daunting near-term challenges, U.S. government and industry are letting the crucial strategic issues of U.S. competitiveness...