A 2022 award winner of the National Academies’ Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications, J.D. Allen discusses his civic science media framework, his nuclear energy ...

Childhood health is foundational to lifelong well-being. A new National Academies report makes recommendations on how NIH and ...

The Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine today announced an award of more than $7.3 million to support four interdisciplinary research projects ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will establish an ad hoc committee to assess the use of the social constructs of race and ethnicity in biomedical research. The study will ...

In response to a request for information late last year from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the ...

Service Members who were deployed to the Persian Gulf region and Afghanistan (known as the Southwest Asia Theater of Operations) may have been exposed to airborne hazards from a variety of ...

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Due to hazardous weather conditions in the DC area, the NAS Building and the Keck Center are currently closed. If you are scheduled to attend a meeting or event at either of these locations, please ...

Recent years have yielded significant advances in computing and communication technologies, with profound impacts on society. Technology is transforming the way we work, play, and interact with others ...

The National Academy of Sciences will present its prestigious Public Welfare Medal to Francis S. Collins, former director of the National Institutes of Health, for his pioneering research in human ...

An ad hoc committee under the auspices of BHEW and in collaboration with HMD, will conduct a study of the ways in which colleges and universities provide treatment and support for the mental health ...

Carbon materials pervade many aspects of modern life, from fuels and building materials to consumer goods and commodity chemicals. Reaching net-zero emissions will require replacing existing ...