This standing committee will explore the implications of global basic and applied research in the era of strategic competition, identify areas where opportunities for Five Eye alliance nation ...

Early-career researchers selected for the 2026 Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship program, who recently began their 12-week assignments at the National Academies, ...

Recognizing wildfires as an increasingly complex public health and health care challenge, the National Academies’ Forum on ...

The National Academies’ Gulf Research Program announced today its 2026 cohort of Science Policy Fellows. Beginning Sept. 1, the 12 fellows will spend one year on the staff of federal, state, and local ...

A new congressionally mandated National Academies report is bringing renewed attention to those questions, recommending a more consistent approach to occupational radiation safety across the aviation ...

Emerging research institutions — which by statute spend less than $50 million in federal research funding annually — are essential in STEM workforce development. In advance of a National Academies ...

The National Academy of Sciences was founded on the enduring principle that our nation deserves the best available scientific knowledge. Our core mission is to deploy science in service to the nation ...

Chemistry and chemical engineering are fundamental to technologies that could revolutionize energy production, quantum computing, and materials and manufacturing over the coming decades. At a recent ...

Event attribution seeks to tease out the influence of human-caused climate change on specific weather and climate events. This study will update and expand on the 2016 National Academies report, ...

WASHINGTON — Renowned evolutionary biologist Neil H. Shubin took office today as the president of the National Academy of Sciences. Also today, Monica M. Bertagnolli, former director of the National ...

WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration should exert its existing regulatory authority over ionizing radiation as an occupational hazard to ensure the health and safety of airplane flight ...

Crew members onboard commercial airlines are exposed to cosmic ionizing radiation at flight altitude from galactic sources. These exposures over time have a potential to adversely impact health. An ad ...