A new report examines the scope of PFAS challenges in agriculture and identifies steps that land conservation agencies at the U.S. Department of Agriculture could take to reduce the impacts of these ...

Coral reefs are often described in scientific terms: ecosystems rich in biodiversity, natural storm barriers, and sources of food and income. Yet for many scientists, the path into reef research did ...

Twenty outstanding mid-career scientists, engineers, and medical professionals joins the National Academies’ New Voices in Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, a program that aims to expand the ...

The International Security and Arms Control (CISAC) is a permanent committee to bring the resources of the Academy to bear on ...

Climate change is one of the defining issues of our time. It is now more certain than ever, based on many lines of evidence, that humans are changing Earth's climate. The Royal Society and the US ...

An ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will examine the scientific, ethical and regulatory issues associated with neural chimeras and neural organoid ...

Participate in a one-hour guided tour of the historic National Academy of Sciences building, highlighting its distinctive ...

Over the last few decades, research, activity, and funding has been devoted to improving the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women in the field ...

The Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences (BBCSS), established in 1997, helps bring the latest research on how ...

The Gulf Research Program’s Science Policy Fellowship program helps scientists hone their skills by putting them to practice for the benefit of Gulf Coast communities and ecosystems. Fellows gain ...