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

A new congressionally mandated National Academies report is bringing renewed attention to those questions, recommending a ...

The Transportation Research Board’s Airport Cooperative Research Program announced eight recipients of this year’s ACRP ...

Emerging research institutions — which by statute spend less than $50 million in federal research funding annually — are ...

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 ...

Chemistry and chemical engineering are fundamental to technologies that could revolutionize energy production, quantum ...

Flood Resilience across the Commonwealth, held March 27, 2026, in Charlottesville, researchers, local and state officials, ...

Health care quality is a multidimensional concept. With support from six private foundations, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a committee to examine the ...

This year, the CHR marks a half a century of work to safeguard human rights and deepen understanding of the connections between human rights and science, engineering, and medicine. Visit the CHR’s ...

On Being a Scientist was designed to supplement the informal lessons in ethics provided by research supervisors and mentors. The book describes the ethical foundations of scientific practices and some ...

The Water Science and Technology Board (WSTB) serves as the focal point for studies related to water resources at the National Academies. The board works to improve the scientific and technological ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have a long history of examining the nation’s nutritional well-being and providing sound guidance to policy makers and the public about ...