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      Elementary Particle Physics: Revealing the Secrets of Energy and Matter

      Committee on Elementary-Particle Physics,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      As physicists have probed ever deeper into the structure of matter, they have begun to explore one of the fundamental questions that one can ask about the universe: What gives…

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      Midsize Facilities: The Infrastructure for Materials Research

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Physics and Astronomy,Solid State Sciences Committee,Committee on Smaller Facilities

      The NRC carried out a study to characterize and discuss ways to optimize investments in materials research facility infrastructure with attention to midsize facilities. This report provides an assessment of…

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      Assessing Economic Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation: Summary of a Workshop

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      Many economic models exist to estimate the cost and effectiveness of different policies for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Some approaches incorporate rich technological detail, others emphasize the aggregate behavior…

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      Striking a Balance: Improving Stewardship of Marine Areas

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      Proposes principles, goals, and a framework for marine area governance, including governance structures at the federal and regional levels and improvements for existing governing and regulatory systems. This book describes…

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      The Future of Supercomputing: An Interim Report

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Computer Science and Telecommunications Board,Committee on the Future of Supercomputing

      The Committee on the Future of Supercomputing was tasked to assess prospects for supercomputing technology research and development in support of US needs, to examine key elements of context and…

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      An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2007

      Panel on Electronics and Electrical Engineering,National Research Council

      The report on the EEEL presents an assessment of the Lab’s four divisions. The assessment is based on four criteria: alignment with national priorities, motivation of its programs, technical merit…

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      An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2009

      Panel on Electronics and Electrical Engineering,National Research Council

      The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, carries out its mission of promoting U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by developing and…

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      An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Information Technology Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2007

      Panel on Information Technology,National Research Council

      The report on the ITL presents a general assessment of the laboratory including a look at its research strategies, opportunities, planning for growth, research culture, and computing infrastructure; and provides…

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      An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Information Technology Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2009

      Panel on Information Technology,National Research Council

      An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Information Technology Laboratory evaluates The Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Six divisions…

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      An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Information Technology Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2011

      Panel on Information Technology,National Research Council

      Since 1959, the National Research Council (NRC), at the request of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has annually assembled panels of experts to assess the quality and…

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      Contaminated Sediments in Ports and Waterways: Clean-up Strategies and Technologies

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      Contaminated marine sediments threaten ecosystems, marine resources, and human health. This volume assesses the state of practice and research and development status of both short-term and longer-term remediation methods. It…

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      The Sun to the Earth, and Beyond: A Decadal Research Strategy in Solar and Space Physics

      Solar and Space Physics Survey Committee,Space Studies Board,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council

      While various accomplishments have answered important questions about the physics of the Sun, the interplanetary medium, and the space environments of Earth and other solar system bodies, they have also…

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      Best Practices in Assessment of Research and Development Organizations: Summary of a Workshop

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Laboratory Assessments Board

      The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)-recognizing that information and insights gained through continual examination of practices for organizational assessment are useful for decision makers at organizations across the…

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      Summary of the Sensing and Positioning Technology Workshop of the Committee on Nanotechnology for the Intelligence Community: Interim Report

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Materials Advisory Board

      The emergence of nanotechnology as a major science and technology research topic has sparked substantial interest by the intelligence community. In particular the community is interested both in the potential…

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      An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Building and Fire Research Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2008

      Panel on Building and Fire Research,National Research Council

      Assesses the scientific and technical work of the Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This book finds that, overall the technical…

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      An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Building and Fire Research Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2010

      Panel on Building and Fire Research,National Research Council

      A panel of experts appointed by the National Research Council assessed the scientific and technical work of the Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) of the National Institute of Standards…

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      Engineering Education: Designing an Adaptive System

      Board on Engineering Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Addresses the development of long-term strategies for an engineering education system that aims to reflect the needs and realities of the US and the world in the 21st century. This…

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      Twenty-First Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics

      Naval Studies Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

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      2011-2012 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Laboratory Assessments Board,Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board

      The charge of the Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board (ARLTAB) is to provide biennial assessments of the scientific and technical quality of the research, development, and analysis programs at…

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      2009-2010 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory

      Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board,National Research Council

      Issues for 2013/2014- cataloged as a serial in LC

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      2013-2014 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory

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      The National Research Council’s Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board (ARLTAB) provides biennial assessments of the scientific and technical quality of the research, development, and analysis programs at the Army…

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      2007-2008 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory

      Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board,National Research Council

      This volume is the latest in a series of biennial assessments of the scientific and technical quality of the Army Research Laboratory (ARL). The current report summarizes findings for the…

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      Condensed-Matter Physics

      Panel on Condensed-Matter Physics,Physics Survey Committee,Board on Physics and Astronomy,National Research Council

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      Future Materials Science Research on the International Space Station

      Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,National Materials Advisory Board,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

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      An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2007

      Panel on Chemical Science and Technology,National Research Council

      The report on the CSTL presents an assessment of the Lab’s five divisions, covering–where appropriate–how well each division addresses national priorities, its impact and level of innovation, its technical merit…

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      An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology: Fiscal Year 2009

      Panel on Nanoscale Science and Technology,National Research Council

      The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST’s) Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) was founded on May 1, 2007, and remains in development with respect to projects and…

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      An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2009

      Panel on Chemical Science and Technology,National Research Council

      An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory examines the operations of the Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory (CSTL) of the National Institute…

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      An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology: Fiscal Year 2011

      Panel on Nanoscale Science and Technology,National Research Council

      Since 1959, the National Research Council (NRC), at the request of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has annually assembled panels of experts to assess the quality and…

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      Post-Cold War Conflict Deterrence

      Naval Studies Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Examines the meaning of deterrence and identifies key elements of a post-Cold War deterrence strategy and the critical issues in devising such a strategy. This book identifies the quantitative and…

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      An Overview: Physics Through the 1990’s

      Physics Survey Committee,Board on Physics and Astronomy,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Presents an eight-volume research assessment of the major fields of physics that reviews the developments that have taken place and highlights research opportunities. This book summarizes the findings of the…

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      Elementary-Particle Physics

      Elementary-Particle Physics Panel,Physics Survey Committee,Board on Physics and Astronomy,National Research Council

      Part of the Physics in a New Era series of assessments of the various branches of the field, Elementary-Particle Physics reviews progress in the field over the past 10 years…

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      Plasma Science: Advancing Knowledge in the National Interest

      Plasma 2010 Committee,Plasma Science Committee,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Offers a vision for developments in plasma science. This report provides an examination of the themes that frame plasma research: low-temperature plasma science and engineering; plasma physics at high energy…

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      Looking Over the Fence at Networks: A Neighbor’s View of Networking Research

      Computer Science and Telecommunications Board,Committee on Research Horizons in Networking,National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

      A remarkable creation, the Internet encompasses a diversity of networks, technologies, and organizations. The enormous volume and great variety of data carried over it give it a rich complexity and…

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      Vision and Voyages for Planetary Science in the Decade 2013-2022

      Committee on the Planetary Science Decadal Survey,National Research Council

      ‘In recent years, planetary science has seen a tremendous growth in new knowledge. Deposits of water ice exist at the Moon’s poles. Discoveries on the surface of Mars point to…

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      Controlling the Quantum World: The Science of Atoms, Molecules, and Photons

      Committee on AMO2010,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      As part of the Physics 2010 decadal survey project, the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation requested that National Research Council assess opportunities in atomic, molecular, and optical…

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      An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement and Standards Laboratories: Fiscal Years 2004-2005

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Assessment of NIST Programs,National Academy of Sciences

      At the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s request, the National Research Council (NRC) carries out a biennial assessment of the seven Measurements and Standards Laboratories (MSL). This report presents…

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      Dredging Coastal Ports: An Assessment of the Issues

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Marine Board,National Academy of Sciences

      Asks three questions: is additional port construction and maintenance dredging needed? What would prevent dredging if it is needed? And what alternatives could make dredging possible? This book also identifies…

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      The Roles of Government and Industry in Research and Development for the Maritime Industries: An Interim Report

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Marine Board,National Academy of Sciences

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      Steps to Facilitate Principal-Investigator-Led Earth Science Missions

      Committee on Earth Studies,Space Studies Board,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Principal-investigator (PI) Earth science missions are projects involving relatively small spacecraft. To help NASA’s Office of Earth Science determine how best to address the challenges related to such missions, the…

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      The Carbon Dioxide Dilemma: Promising Technologies and Policies

      Board on Energy and Environmental Systems,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Academy of Engineering,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Contains presentations of a symposium held in April of 2002. The sequestration options include ocean disposal, terrestrial disposal in geologic formations, biomass based approaches, and carbon trading schemes. This report…

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      Exploration of the Outer Heliosphere and the Local Interstellar Medium: A Workshop Report

      Committee on Solar and Space Physics,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      A report that presents the summary of a workshop held in May 2003 by the Space Studies Board’s Committee on Solar and Space Physics to synthesize understanding of the physics…

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      Commercialization of New Materials for a Global Economy

      Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Addresses the factors that impede the transition of new materials from concepts into commercial use. This book identifies policies and actions that government and industry, together with universities, can take…

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      Summary of a Workshop on Software Certification and Dependability

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Computer Science and Telecommunications Board,Committee on Certifiably Dependable Software Systems

      Presents a summary of workshop participants; and presentations and subsequent discussion. This report covers, among other things, the strengths and limitations of process; challenges and opportunities; experience to date; organization…

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      Continuing Innovation in Information Technology

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Computer Science and Telecommunications Board,Committee on Depicting Innovation in Information Technology

      Information technology (IT) is widely understood to be the enabling technology of the 21st century. IT has transformed, and continues to transform, all aspects of our lives: commerce and finance…

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      Plasma Science: From Fundamental Research to Technological Applications

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      Focusing on the field of plasma science, this book discusses its potential contributions to society and recommends actions that would optimize those contributions. It includes an assessment of the field’s…

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      Interim Report of the Committee on Exclusive Economic Zone Information Needs: Coastal States and Territories

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Marine Board,National Academy of Sciences

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      Science in NASA’s Vision for Space Exploration

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Space Studies Board,Committee on the Scientific Context for Space Exploration

      In June 2004, the President’s Commission issued a report recommending that NASA ask the National Research Council (NRC) to reevaluate space science priorities. The Congress also directed the NRC to…

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      2013-2014 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory: Interim Report

      Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board,Laboratory Assessments Board,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council

      The National Research Council’s Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board provides biennial assessments of the scientific and technical quality of the research, development, and analysis programs at the Army Research…

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