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 ...
In a recent interview, Nicola Twilley talks about her reporting that followed scientists from the Institute for Mummy Studies ...
It’s been nearly a year since the National Academies’ Gulf Research Program (GRP) visited the site of the well #59 blowout in ...
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Vaccines do not cause autism. Many scientists have studied this question, but no credible studies show that autism is caused by vaccines. In 1998, a paper in the scientific journal The Lancet ...
From global shipping routes to the cables that power the internet, much of modern life depends on understanding a landscape that remains largely unmapped: the ocean floor. At the 27th annual Roger ...
As discussed previously, CubeSats were first conceived as a hands-on education tool allowing students to design and test small satellites and develop space missions. This teaching tool has now spread ...
Effective mentors are critical in the development of undergraduate and graduate students in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM)—especially for many members of ...
NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...
The X-ray backscatter advanced imaging technology (AIT) system is based on the backscatter imaging device described by Steven W. Smith in 1991. 1 In summary, a well-collimated pencil-beam of X rays is ...
Humans have always been influenced by climate. Despite the wealth and technology of modern industrial societies, climate still affects human well-being in fundamental ways. Climate influences, for ...
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