Electricity demand in the United States is increasing while the infrastructure needed to serve that demand is taking longer ...

National Academy of Engineering members Sergey Brin, Jensen Huang, and Lisa Su are among the members recently appointed by ...

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The Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032 will assess key scientific questions in planetary science and astrobiology, identify priority medium- and large-class missions and other ...

The knowledgeable health reporter for the Boston Globe, Betsy Lehman, died from an overdose during chemotherapy. Willie King had the wrong leg amputated. Ben Kolb was eight years old when he died ...

Under Congressional mandate, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (H.R. 8295)directed the National Academies of Sciences, ...

This consensus report examines a range of questions and opinions about the economic, agronomic, health, safety, or other effects of genetically engineered (GE) crops and food. Claims and research that ...

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WASHINGTON — Given the urgency of the risks posed by climate change, the U.S. should pursue a research program for solar geoengineering — in coordination with other nations, subject to governance, and ...

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 ...

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 ...