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U.S. Needs New Drought Assessment Framework as Droughts Become More Severe and Unpredictable

As droughts in the United States become more frequent and longer-lasting, new assessment tools are needed. A new National ...
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Making Medicines Affordable: A National Imperative

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AI Will Elevate Near-Term Cybersecurity Risks but — with Investment and Coordination — Can Strengthen Cybersecurity in the Long Run

To counteract emerging cyberthreats posed by artificial intelligence, the baseline level of cybersecurity across society must ...
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New NAS and NAM Presidents Take Office

National Academy of Sciences President Neil H. Shubin and National Academy of Medicine President Monica M. Bertagnolli begin their terms in office today. They join National Academy of Engineering ...
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Integrated Computational Materials Engineering: A Transformational Discipline for Improved Competitiveness and National Security

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Quality Through Collaboration: The Future of Rural Health

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 ...
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Protecting Participants and Facilitating Social and Behavioral Sciences Research

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System that Investigates and Provides Determinations of Cause and Manner of Deaths in Custody Needs Comprehensive Reform, Says New Report

WASHINGTON — The U.S. medicolegal death investigation (MLDI) system is fragmented and lacks the resources, uniformity, enforceable standards, data, and incentives needed to produce consistent cause- ...
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Gulf Futures Challenge Awards $20 Million Each to Two Projects Building a Safer, More Resilient Gulf Coast

WASHINGTON — The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Gulf Research Program has awarded $20 million each to the Louisiana Public Health Institute and the Gulf Offshore Research ...
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Assistance to the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Building a Framework for Addressing PFAS on Agricultural Land

In agricultural settings, perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have entered soil and water through many routes, including proximity to point sources, the application of biosolids, and ...
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Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics) 2024-2033

Groundbreaking advances in solar and space physics have provided key insights into the inner workings of the heliosphere, the vast protective bubble formed by the solar wind that extends from the Sun ...
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Integrating Data and Computing into K-12 Education Is Critical and Requires Coordinated Approach To Be Effective, Says New Report

WASHINGTON — While computing and data shape nearly every aspect of modern life, efforts to expand data and computing education in K-12 settings have grown rapidly but unevenly, says a new report from ...