The Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine today announced an award of more than $7.3 million to support four interdisciplinary research projects ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will establish an ad hoc committee to assess the use of the social constructs of race and ethnicity in biomedical research. The study will ...

In response to a request for information late last year from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the ...

The health and safety of crew are crucial to the U.S. maritime industry, a sector of critical importance to the nation’s ...

Service Members who were deployed to the Persian Gulf region and Afghanistan (known as the Southwest Asia Theater of Operations) may have been exposed to airborne hazards from a variety of ...

A wide variety of organizations, agencies, and groups provide guidance on how and what to feed infants and young chidren. The extent to which that guidance is aligned and is based on scientific ...

Due to hazardous weather conditions in the DC area, the NAS Building and the Keck Center are currently closed. If you are scheduled to attend a meeting or event at either of these locations, please ...

The undertaking of research in human participants often includes development of clinical laboratory test results associated with an individual research participant. Depending in part on the specified ...

Military personnel, who are often exposed to a variety of hazards while deployed, have expressed concerns that mental, behavioral, and neurologic health issues may arise from these exposures. The U.S.

For more than 160 years, the National Academies have provided nonpartisan, evidence-based advice on decisions that affect our nation. Browse the listing of projects and activities to see examples of ...

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A respected resource for decades, the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals has been updated by a committee of experts, taking into consideration input from the scientific and laboratory ...