Elijah was a 2023 award winner of the National Academies’ Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science ...

The National Academies will establish an expert committee of approximately 14 members to carry out a scientific study of the environmental impacts of wind-energy projects, focusing on the Mid-Atlantic ...

This is a meeting of the CMMRC to connect with the committee's sponsors. A public agenda and connection information will be ...

Convened by TRB, the 2025 TRB Annual Meeting is held January 5-9, 2025 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center and Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C. The TRB Annual Meeting attracts thousands ...

Although often excluded from research on social and economic development, women’s empowerment has been an important factor. Women contribute to social and economic development as workers, mothers, and ...

Myopia, or nearsightedness, is a common type of refractive error where close objects appear clearly, but objects farther away appear blurred. Although this vision ...

Adolescence—beginning with the onset of puberty and ending in the mid-20s—is a critical period of development during which key areas of the brain mature and develop. These changes in brain structure, ...

The Air Force Studies Board at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will establish a Roundtable on ...

The Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Standing Committee will hold a closed meeting to discuss progress and future goals needed ...

Available technologies could allow the United States to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. This would require rapid and widespread changes in policy and investment across many sectors of society and ...

It is likely true that hand sanitizer can destroy the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. However, washing your hands with soap and water is best. Hand sanitizer destroys viruses that are similar ...

Decades of climate research and data have yielded expanded understanding of how greenhouse gases affect the climate. This fast-track study will review the latest scientific evidence on whether ...