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      Community Colleges in the Evolving STEM Education Landscape: Summary of a Summit

      National Research Council,National Academy of Engineering,Engineering Education Program Office,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Teacher Advisory Council

      The National Research Council (NRC) and National Academy of Engineering (NAE) have released a new report, Community Colleges in the Evolving STEM Education Landscape: Summary of a Summit. Based on…

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      Enhancing the Vitality of the National Institutes of Health: Organizational Change to Meet New Challenges

      Committee on the Organizational Structure of the National Institutes of Health,Board on Life Sciences,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Institute of Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies

      In 2002, in response to a request from Congress, the National Academy of Sciences formed a committee charged with determining the optimal organizational structure for the National Institutes of Health…

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      Large-Scale Biomedical Science: Exploring Strategies for Future Research

      Committee on Large-Scale Science and Cancer Research,National Research Council,Institute of Medicine

      Technological advances that make it easier to study the vast complexity of biological systems have led to the initiation of projects with a larger scale than ever before. This text…

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      International Network of Global Fiducial Stations: Science and Implementation Issues

      Panel on a Global Network of Fiducial Sites,Committee on Geodesy,Board on Earth Sciences & Resources,National Research Council

      Discusses the science rationale behind the concept of an extensive global network of fiducial sites. This book identifies geophysical problems that cannot be solved without a global approach and cites…

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      Global Sources of Local Pollution: An Assessment of Long-Range Transport of Key Air Pollutants to and from the United States

      Committee on the Significance of International Transport of Air Pollutants,National Research Council

      Recent advances in air pollution monitoring and modeling capabilities have made it possible to show that air pollution can be transported long distances and that adverse impacts of emitted pollutants…

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      Potential Risks and Benefits of Gain-of-Function Research: Summary of a Workshop

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Science, Technology, and Law

      On October 17, 2014, spurred by incidents at U.S. government laboratories that raised serious biosafety concerns, the United States government launched a one-year deliberative process to address the continuing controversy…

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      A Review of the U.S. Global Change Research Program’s Strategic Plan

      Committee to Advise the U.S. Global Change Research Program,National Research Council

      The U.S. government supports a large, diverse suite of activities that can be broadly characterized as global change research. Such research offers a wide array of benefits to the nation…

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      Disposition of High-Level Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel: The Continuing Societal and Technical Challenges

      Committee on Disposition of High-Level Radioactive Waste Through Geological Isolation,Board on Radioactive Waste Management,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Disposition of radioactive wastes in a deep geological repository is a sound approach if it progresses through a stepwise decision-making process. This book, written for concerned citizens as well as…

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      Exploring the Role of Antiviral Drugs in the Eradication of Polio: Workshop Report

      Committee on Development of a Polio Antiviral and Its Potential Role in Global Poliomyelitis Eradication,Board on Life Sciences,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Exploring the Role of Antiviral Drugs in the Eradication of Polio: Workshop Report, is a report of a workshop in which experts evaluated whether an antiviral drug against poliovirus would…

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      The Hanford Tanks: Environmental Impacts and Policy Choices

      Committee on Remediation of Buried and Tank Wastes,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Board on Radioactive Waste Management,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      The Hanford Site (also known as the Hanford Reservation) occupies approximately 1,450 km2 (560 square miles) along the Columbia River in south-central Washington, north of the city of Richland. The…

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      The Impact of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Policy on Biomedical Research in the United States

      Board on Radiation Effects Research,Committee on the Impact of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Policy on Biomedical Research in the United States,National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences

      The National Research Council’s Committee on the Impact of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Policy on Biomedical Research in the United States was called on to assess the effects of the…

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      Positioning Synthetic Biology to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century: Summary Report of a Six Academies Symposium Series

      Committee on Science, Technology, and Law,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Life Sciences,National Academy of Engineering,National Research Council

      As a better understanding of the global synthetic biology landscape could lead to tremendous benefits, six academies organized a series of international symposia on the scientific, technical, and policy issues…

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      International Animal Research Regulations: Impact on Neuroscience Research: Workshop Summary

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Institute for Laboratory Animal Research,Policy and Global Affairs

      Animals are widely used in neuroscience research to explore biological mechanisms of nervous system function, to identify the genetic basis of disease states, and to provide models of human disorders…

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      Renewable Fuel Standard: Potential Economic and Environmental Effects of U.S. Biofuel Policy

      Committee on Economic and Environmental Impacts of Increasing Biofuels Production,National Research Council

      In the United States, we have come to depend on plentiful and inexpensive energy to support our economy and lifestyles. In recent years, many questions have been raised regarding the…

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      Internationalization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Goals, Strategies, and Challenges

      U.S. Committee on the Internationalization of the Civilian Nuclear Fuel Cycle,Committee on International Security and Arms Control,Policy and Global Affairs,National Academy of Sciences,National Research Council

      The so-called nuclear renaissance has increased worldwide interest in nuclear power. This title summarizes key issues and analyses of the topic, offers some criteria for evaluating options, and makes findings…

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      Review of USGCRP Plan for a New Science Initiative on the Global Water Cycle

      Committee on a Review of A Plan for a New Science Initiative on the Global Water Cycle,Water Science and Technology Board,Board on Atmospheric Sciences & Climate,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      In 2001, the U.S. Global Change Research Program produced the report A Plan for a New Science Initiative on the Global Water Cycle. This report was designed to represent a…

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      Groundwater at Yucca Mountain: How High Can it Rise?

      S. Arrison Thomas

      Discusses the suitability of Yucca Mountain, 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas, as the site for permanent underground disposal of high-level radioactive waste from the nation’s civilian nuclear power plants…

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      Describing Death in America: What We Need to Know: Executive Summary

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Cancer Policy Board

      National expenditures for medical care in the months and days preceding death are enormous. But we do not know whether that money is buying good quality care or optimizing the…

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      Reopening Public Facilities After a Biological Attack: A Decision-Making Framework

      Committee on Standards and Policies for Decontaminating Public Facilities Affected by Exposure to Harmful Biological Agents: How Clean is Safe?,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The anthrax attacks in fall 2001 spurred an extensive and costly decontamination effort where many decisions had to be made about which sites required cleanup, what method to use, how…

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      Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: Summary of a Workshop

      Committee on Science, Technology, and Law,Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation,Roundtable on Translating Genomic-Based Research for Health,National Research Council,Institute of Medicine

      Today, scores of companies, primarily in the United States and Europe, are offering whole genome scanning services directly to the public. The proliferation of these companies and the services they…

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      Assessing the Medical Risks of Human Oocyte Donation for Stem Cell Research: Workshop Report

      Committee on Assessing the Medical Risks of Human Oocyte Donation for Stem Cell Research,National Research Council

      Assessing the Medical Risks of Human Oocyte Donation for Stem Cell Research

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      Chimpanzees in Biomedical and Behavioral Research: Assessing the Necessity

      Committee on the Use of Chimpanzees in Biomedical and Behavioral Research,National Research Council

      For many years, experiments using chimpanzees have been instrumental in advancing scientific knowledge and have led to new medicines to prevent life-threatening and debilitating diseases. However, recent advances in alternate…

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      Hidden Costs of Energy: Unpriced Consequences of Energy Production and Use

      Committee on Health, Environmental, and Other External Costs and Benefits of Energy Production and Consumption,National Research Council

      Despite the many benefits of energy, most of which are reflected in energy market prices, the production, distribution, and use of energy causes negative effects. Many of these negative effects…

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      Stem Cell Therapies: Opportunities for Ensuring the Quality and Safety of Clinical Offerings: Summary of a Joint Workshop by the Institute of Medicine, the National Academy of Sciences, and the International Society for Stem Cell Research

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Life Sciences,Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy

      Stem cells offer tremendous promise for advancing health and medicine. Whether being used to replace damaged cells and organs or else by supporting the body’s intrinsic repair mechanisms, stem cells…

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      Mammography and Beyond: Developing Technologies for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Institute of Medicine,National Cancer Policy Board,Committee on Technologies for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer

      Provides a perspective on the state of breast cancer screening and diagnosis and recommends steps for developing reliable breast cancer detection methods. This work book reviews the expansion of breast…

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      Achieving Sustainable Global Capacity for Surveillance and Response to Emerging Diseases of Zoonotic Origin

      Committee on Achieving Sustainable Global Capacity for Surveillance and Response to Emerging Diseases of Zoonotic Origin,National Research Council

      One of the biggest threats today is the uncertainty surrounding the emergence of a novel pathogen or the re-emergence of a known infectious disease that might result in disease outbreaks…

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      Safeguarding the Bioeconomy

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Health and Medicine Division,Policy and Global Affairs,Division on Earth and Life Studies

      Research and innovation in the life sciences is driving rapid growth in agriculture, biomedical science, information science and computing, energy, and other sectors of the U.S. economy. This economic activity…

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      Reproducibility and Replicability in Science

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Science, Engineering, Medicine, and Public Policy,Board on Research Data and Information,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

      One of the pathways by which the scientific community confirms the validity of a new scientific discovery is by repeating the research that produced it. When a scientific effort fails…

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      Review of the Scientific Approaches Used During the FBI’s Investigation of the 2001 Anthrax Letters

      Committee on Review of the Scientific Approaches Used During the FBI's Investigation of the 2001 Bacillus Anthracis Mailings,National Research Council

      Less than a month after the September 11, 2001 attacks, letters containing spores of anthrax bacteria (Bacillus anthracis, or B. anthracis) were sent through the U.S. mail. Between October 4…

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      Sustaining Global Surveillance and Response to Emerging Zoonotic Diseases

      H1N1 ( swine flu ), SARS, mad cow disease, and HIV/AIDS are a few examples of zoonotic diseases-diseases transmitted between humans and animals. Zoonotic diseases are a growing concern given…

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      Risk Analysis Methods for Nuclear War and Nuclear Terrorism

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Policy and Global Affairs, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Committee on International Security and Arms Control, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Analytics, Committee on Risk Analysis Methods for Nuclear War and Nuclear Terrorism

      The assessment of risk is complex and often controversial. It is derived from the existence of a hazard, and it is characterized by the uncertainty of possible undesirable events and…

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      Developing Norms for the Provision of Biological Laboratories in Low-Resource Contexts: Proceedings of a Workshop

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Life Sciences,Policy and Global Affairs

      On June 27-28, 2018, the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (the National Academies) convened an international workshop in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on developing norms for the provision…

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      Exploring a Dynamic Soil Information System: Proceedings of a Workshop

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Policy and Global Affairs,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on International Scientific Organizations,Board on Earth Sciences and Resources

      As a living substrate, soil is critical to the function of Earth’s geophysical and chemical properties. Soil also plays a major role in several human activities, including farming, forestry, and…

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      Enhancing Coordination and Collaboration Across the Land-Grant System

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Policy and Global Affairs, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Higher Education and Workforce, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Committee on Enhancing Coordination Between Land-Grant Universities and Colleges

      Land-grant colleges and universities play a crucial role in addressing the complex challenges facing the U.S. agricultural system and global food security. Multidisciplinary collaboration involving a diversity of land-grant institutions…

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      Toward Sustainability: Soil and Water Research Priorities for Developing Countries

      Committee On International Soil and Water Research and Development,Water Science and Technology Board,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Board on Science & Technology for International Development,Office of International Affairs

      Explores research priorities to support sustainable agriculture. This book identifies six areas that could offer great rewards: addressing institutional constraints on resource conservation, enhancing soil biological processes, managing soil properties…

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      Understanding and Responding to Global Health Security Risks from Microbial Threats in the Arctic: Proceedings of a Workshop

      European Academies Science Advisory Council,InterAcademy Partnership,National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Division on Earth and Life Studies

      "National Academies of Science, Engineering, Medicine."

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      Planning for Long-Term Use of Biomedical Data: Proceedings of a Workshop

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Research Data and Information,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Life Sciences

      Biomedical research data sets are becoming larger and more complex, and computing capabilities are expanding to enable transformative scientific results. The National Institutes of Health’s (NIH’s) National Library of Medicine…

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      Gain-of-Function Research: Summary of the Second Symposium, March 10-11, 2016

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Science, Technology, and Law,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Health Sciences Policy

      On March 10-11, 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a public symposium on potential U.S. government policies for the oversight of gain-of-function (GOF) research. This was…

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      Reflecting Sunlight: Recommendations for Solar Geoengineering Research and Research Governance

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Policy and Global Affairs,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Committee on Science, Technology, and Law,Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate

      Climate change is creating impacts that are widespread and severe for individuals, communities, economies, and ecosystems around the world. While efforts to reduce emissions and adapt to climate impacts are…

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      Life-Cycle Decisions for Biomedical Data: The Challenge of Forecasting Costs

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Policy and Global Affairs,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Research Data and Information

      Biomedical research results in the collection and storage of increasingly large and complex data sets. Preserving those data so that they are discoverable, accessible, and interpretable accelerates scientific discovery and…

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      Framing the Challenge of Urban Flooding in the United States

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Policy and Global Affairs,Program on Risk, Resilience, and Extreme Events

      Flooding is the natural hazard with the greatest economic and social impact in the United States, and these impacts are becoming more severe over time. Catastrophic flooding from recent hurricanes…

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      Life Sciences and Related Fields: Trends Relevant to the Biological Weapons Convention

      Committee on Trends in Science and Technology Relevant to the Biological Weapons Convention: An International Workshop,Chinese Academy of Sciences,IAP - The Global Network of Science Academies,International Union of Microbiological Societies,International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

      During the last decade, national and international scientific organizations have become increasingly engaged in considering how to respond to the biosecurity implications of developments in the life sciences and in…

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      Necessity, Use, and Care of Laboratory Dogs at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Institute for Laboratory Animal Research

      For many years, laboratory dogs have served as important animal models for biomedical research that has advanced human health. Conducted at the request of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs…

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      Transitioning Toward Sustainability: Advancing the Scientific Foundation: Proceedings of a Workshop

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate,Policy and Global Affairs,Science and Technology for Sustainability Program

      In 1999 the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a landmark report, Our Common Journey: A Transition toward Sustainability, which attempted to reinvigorate the essential strategic connections between…

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