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

Staff supporting Colorado policymakers and researchers explored how science can strengthen resilience across the state’s ...

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

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

The Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Science (CAPS) provides an independent, authoritative forum for identifying and discussing issues in astrobiology and planetary science with the research ...

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

Legionnaires' disease, a pneumonia caused by the Legionella bacterium, is the leading cause of reported waterborne disease outbreaks in the United States. Legionella occur naturally in water from many ...

This project focuses on the causes of the Fukushima Daiichi accident and safety-related lessons learned for improving nuclear plant systems, operations, and regulations exclusive of spent fuel storage ...

Coral reefs are threatened by rapidly deteriorating environmental conditions that are warmer, less favorable for calcification, have impaired water quality, and pose continuing disease threats. Coral ...

A committee of the National Academies will review current practices and recommend ways to improve the interpretation and uses of human biomonitoring data for environmental toxicants (e.g., levels of ...