When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones, marking the start of a new era of ...

The Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine announced today its ...

The National Academies hosted a recent workshop where attendees discussed emerging technologies in precision medicine and how ...

As artificial intelligence is increasingly used across all sectors of the economy, a recent National Academies webinar ...

The Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Standing Committee will hold a closed meeting to discuss progress and future goals needed ...

Historic mining activities near Coeur d’Alene Lake in Northern Idaho have contaminated millions of tons of lake sediments with metals. Since enacting environmental regulations in the mid-1970s, metal ...

Over the course of the past two decades there has been a resurgent interest in the use of prizes to spur innovation. Unlike prizes that recognize past achievements, “inducement” prizes are designed to ...

A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine-appointed ad hoc committee will plan and organize a workshop that will bring together academic, industry, and government stakeholders to ...

Scientific advances over the past several decades have accelerated the ability to engineer existing organisms and to potentially create novel ones not found in nature. This report explores and ...

The Institute of Medicine, through its Food and Nutrition Board (FNB), as part of the continuing activity to develop Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) for nutrients, undertook an 18-month study to ...

The standing Committee on Radio Frequencies (CORF) considers the needs for radio frequency requirements and interference ...

In response to a congressional mandate (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023; Sec. 772), the Food and Nutrition Board will convene a committee of experts to review, evaluate, and report on the ...