Roughly 53 million people in the U.S. provide care to a family member such as a child with complex medical needs, an aging ...

Declining seat space for passengers on commercial airplanes, coupled with the growing prevalence of larger passengers in the ...

Please join the National Academies for a webinar on July 15 th from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm ET to explore its new report and how the United States can better align spending with therapeutic needs to ...

A new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine examines the ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are the nation's pre-eminent source of high-quality, objective advice on science, engineering, and health matters. Top experts participate ...

Project scientists and others gathered at the National Academy of Sciences building to see the first images from the new Vera ...

From fiscal years 2013 to 2023, the FAA hired only two-thirds of the air traffic controllers called for by its staffing models. By fiscal year 2024, nearly a third of air traffic control facilities ...

In fields, forests, and backyard gardens, insects are quietly at work securing ecosystems and global supply chains. Over 75 percent of all flowering plants, including many fruits, vegetables, and nuts ...

WASHINGTON — There is an acute need for the U.S. to address its lack of overall governance and coordination of cybercrime statistics, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, ...

Suicide is the 11th leading cause of death overall (48,100 deaths in 2021), the second leading cause among people ages 10-14 and 25-34, and the third leading cause for ages 15-24. Suicide deaths have ...

Researchers and tech companies are in a global race to develop quantum computers that can solve hard scientific problems that conventional computers can’t, and that they hope can eventually support ...

AI is being used for an array of beneficial applications in health care, including drug discovery. AI models can analyze large amounts of data to help design medical countermeasures to prevent, treat, ...