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 ...

People spend most of their time in spaces and structures designed, built, and managed by humans. The factors that affect the environments within buildings, the ways in which building characteristics ...

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 ...

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, ...

Destructive fires at the wildland-urban interface (WUI) have burned thousands of acres of residential space in recent years. This study will convene experts to examine the chemical processes that ...

An NRC committee will develop a long-range vision for exposure science and a strategy with goals and objectives for implementing the vision over the next twenty years. It will include development of a ...

The increase in prevalence and visibility of sexually gender diverse (SGD) populations illuminates the need for greater understanding of the ways in which current laws, systems, and programs affect ...

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 ...

Valued for its ecological richness and economic value, the U.S. Gulf of Mexico is under substantial pressure from human activities. The Deepwater Horizon platform explosion and oil spill significantly ...

The Catalyzing Opportunities for Research in the Earth Sciences (CORES) study will provide advice that can be used by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to set priorities and strategies for ...