Written in response to a request from NASA to evaluate its Advanced Human Support Technology Program. This report reviews advanced life support, environmental monitoring and control, extravehicular activities, and space…

On November 13, 1985, catastrophic mudflows swept down the slopes of the erupting Nevado del Ruiz volcano. This volume analyzes the disaster’s many aspects: the extent, constitution, and behavior of…

The 1999 Solid State Sciences Committee Forum, entitled Materials in a New Era, was held at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., on February 16-17, 1999. The forum…

Examines work and assesses the state of the art in potential applications of concentrated solar energy in nonelectric areas, such as water and waste treatment, photochemical processes, and materials processing…

Examines the consideration of oil and gas leasing in the land use planning processes of the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service. This book was required by the Federal…

In 1993, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Industrial Technology (OIT) established a group of seven industries designated as Industries of the Future (IOF). These industries were selected…

Providing an explanation of ground water processes and modeling, this work focuses on the practical aspects of model application. It examines the role of models in regulation, litigation, and policy…

Documents the key research challenges in the mathematical sciences and physics that enables the economical development of novel biomedical imaging devices. This book introduces the frontiers of biomedical imaging, especially…