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Critical Needs for Research in Veterinary Science

Committee on the National Needs for Research in Veterinary Science,National Research Council

Identifies questions and issues that veterinary research can help to address, and discusses the scientific expertise and infrastructure needed to meet the most critical research needs. This report finds that…

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Review of EPA Homeland Security Efforts: Safe Buildings Program Research Implementation Plan

National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology,Committee on Safe Buildings Program

The report examines the Environmental Protection Agency’s three-year plan for a comprehensive response to a chemical or biological attack on a civilian or public sector facility. The report states that…

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The New Science of Metagenomics: Revealing the Secrets of Our Microbial Planet

Committee on Metagenomics: Challenges and Functional Applications,National Research Council

Although we can’t usually see them, microbes are essential for every part of human life – indeed all life on Earth. The emerging field of metagenomics offers a new way…

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Innovations in Ground Water and Soil Cleanup: From Concept to Commercialization

Committee on Innovative Remediation Technologies,National Research Council

Focuses on the failure of regulatory policy to link cleanup with the financial interests of the company responsible for the contamination. This volume explores how to evaluate the performance of…

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Proliferation Risk in Nuclear Fuel Cycles: Workshop Summary

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The worldwide expansion of nuclear energy has been accompanied by concerns about nuclear weapons proliferation. If sited in states that do not possess nuclear weapons technology, some civilian nuclear technologies…

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Critical Aspects of EPA’s IRIS Assessment of Inorganic Arsenic: Interim Report

Committee on Inorganic Arsenic,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) program develops toxicologic assessments of environmental contaminants. This title evaluates critical scientific issues in assessing cancer and noncancer effects…

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Reducing the Time from Basic Research to Innovation in the Chemical Sciences: A Workshop Report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable

Chemical Sciences Roundtable,Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

Innovation, the process by which fundamental research becomes a commercial product, is increasingly important in the chemical sciences and is changing the nature of research and development efforts in the…

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Applications of Analytical Chemistry to Oceanic Carbon Cycle Studies

Committee on Oceanic Carbon,Ocean Studies Board,National Research Council

Describes the chemical parameters that must be measured in the ocean in order to improve understanding of the ocean’s role in the global carbon cycle, and recommends technologies of analytical…

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Opportunities and Priorities in Arctic Geoscience

Committee on Arctic Solid-Earth Geosciences,National Research Council,Institute of Medicine

Recommends that the Arctic Ocean basin and its margins be the focus of a research program in three stages of study based on selected criteria: geologic framework and tectonic evolution…

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Funding Smithsonian Scientific Research

National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Physics and Astronomy,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Life Sciences

This report assesses whether the Smithsonian Institution should continue to receive direct federal appropriations for its scientific research programs or if this funding should be transferred to a peer-reviewed program…

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Neon: Addressing the Nation’s Environmental Challenges

National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Life Sciences,Committee on the National Ecological Observatory Network,National Academy of Sciences

Endorses the National Science Foundation’s concept of the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) for providing a nationwide network of facilities and infrastructure for ecological and environmental research that is impossible…

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New Research Opportunities in the Earth Sciences

Committee on New Research Opportunities in the Earth Sciences at the National Science Foundation,National Research Council

Identifies new and emerging research opportunities in the earth sciences over the next decade, including surface and deep earth processes and interdisciplinary research with fields such as ocean and atmospheric…

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Convergence: Facilitating Transdisciplinary Integration of Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, and Beyond

National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Life Sciences,Committee on Key Challenge Areas for Convergence and Health

Convergence of the life sciences with fields including physical, chemical, mathematical, computational, engineering, and social sciences is a key strategy to tackle complex challenges and achieve new and innovative solutions…

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Nonnative Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay

Committee on Nonnative Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay,National Research Council

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Challenges and Opportunities in the Hydrologic Sciences

Committee on Challenges and Opportunities in the Hydrologic Sciences,National Research Council

New research opportunities to advance hydrologic sciences promise a better understanding of the role of water in the Earth system that could help improve human welfare and the health of…

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Emerging Animal Diseases: Global Markets, Global Safety: Workshop Summary

Recent outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Europe and Japan set off alarm bells in the United States and other nations, prompting a flurry of…

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Landscapes on the Edge: New Horizons for Research on Earth’s Surface

Committee on Challenges and Opportunities in Earth Surface Processes,National Research Council

During geologic spans of time, Earth’s shifting tectonic plates, atmosphere, freezing water, thawing ice, flowing rivers, and evolving life have shaped Earth’s surface features. The resulting hills, mountains, valleys, and…

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Soil Conservation: Assessing the National Resources Inventory

Committee on Conservation Needs and Opportunities,Board on Agriculture,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

Gives an analysis of an important national data base, the National Resources Inventory. This work cites potential uses of the NRI in controlling soil erosion; determining land use; deciding conservation…

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Urban Forestry: Toward an Ecosystem Services Research Agenda: A Workshop Summary

Board on Atmospheric Sciences & Climate,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

Being exposed to trees enhances social cohesion, improve health and recreational opportunities, and increase real estate values. In order to gain more knowledge into this urban forestry, the National Academy…

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Scientific and Medical Aspects of Human Reproductive Cloning

National Research Council,Board on Life Sciences

Human reproductive cloning is an assisted reproductive technology that would be carried out with the goal of creating a newborn genetically identical to another human being. This work considers the…

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Minorities in the Chemical Workforce: Diversity Models That Work, A Workshop Report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable

Chemical Sciences Roundtable,Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

This report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable presents a collection of contributed papers that report success stories for increasing diversity. The report provides background information on the value of diversity…

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The Arctic in the Anthropocene: Emerging Research Questions

Committee on Emerging Research Questions in the Arctic,Polar Research Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

Once ice-bound, difficult to access, and largely ignored by the rest of the world, the Arctic is now front and center in the midst of many important questions facing the…

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Licensing Geographic Data and Services

Committee on Licensing Geographic Data and Services,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

Geographic data are used in all sectors of society to support a huge range of applications ranging from emergency response to land-use planning to location-based services. In the past, government…

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Hydrologic Effects of a Changing Forest Landscape

Committee on Hydrologic Impacts of Forest Management,National Research Council

Of all the outputs of forests, water may be the most important. Streamflow from forests provides two-thirds of the nation’s clean water supply. This book identifies actions that scientists, forest…

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The Global Movement and Tracking of Chemical Manufacturing Equipment: A Workshop Summary

National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology

Dual-use applications for chemical manufacturing equipment have been recognized as a concern for many years, and export-control regulations worldwide are in place as a result. These regulations, in conjunction with…

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Future Needs in Deep Submergence Science: Occupied and Unoccupied Vehicles in Basic Ocean Research

Committee on Future Needs in Deep Submergence Science,National Research Council

Deep-diving manned submersibles, such as Alvin, which gained worldwide fame when researchers used it to reach the wreck of the Titanic, have helped advance deep-ocean science. But many scholars in…

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Review of EarthScope Integrated Science

Committee on the Review of EarthScope Science Objectives and Implementation Planning,Board on Earth Sciences & Resources,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

EarthScope is a major science initiative in the solid-earth sciences and has been described as a new earth science initiative that will dramatically advance our physical understanding of the North…

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Analysis of Global Change Assessments: Lessons Learned

Committee on Analysis of Global Change Assessments,National Research Council

In this context, assessments are the vehicles by which the scientific community translates its technical findings into a form that policy makers can understand and make use of. This study…

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The Missouri River Ecosystem: Exploring the Prospects for Recovery

Committee on Missouri River Ecosystem Science,National Research Council

The longest river of US, the Missouri River and its floodplain ecosystem experienced substantial environmental and hydrologic changes during the twentieth century. This report reviews the ecological state of the…

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Origin and Evolution of Earth: Research Questions for a Changing Planet

Committee on Grand Research Questions in the Solid-Earth Sciences,National Research Council

Questions about the origin and nature of Earth and the life on it have long preoccupied human thought and the scientific endeavor. This book captures, in a series of questions…

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Path to Effective Recovering of DNA from Formalin-Fixed Biological Samples in Natural History Collections: Workshop Summary

National Research Council,Board on Life Sciences,National Academy of Sciences,Division on Earth and Life Studies

Museums catalogue our knowledge of the Earth’s biodiversity, and their collections represent many decades of work by experts. Access to DNA sequence information in archival specimens would greatly extend knowledge…

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Integrating Multiscale Observations of U.S. Waters

Committee on Integrated Observations for Hydrologic and Related Sciences,National Research Council

Water is essential to life for humans and their food crops, and for ecosystems. This book concludes that in order to realize the potential of integrated data, agencies, universities, and…

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Mexico City’s Water Supply: Improving the Outlook for Sustainability

The Joint Academies Committee on the Mexico City Water Supply,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,National Research Council,Academia Nacional de la Investigacion Cientifica, A.C.,. Academia Nacional de Ingenieria, A.C.

Addresses the technical, health, regulatory, and social aspects of ground water withdrawals, water use, and water quality in the metropolitan area of Mexico City, and makes recommendations to improve the…

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Chemistry in Primetime and Online: Communicating Chemistry in Informal Environments

Chemical Sciences Roundtable,National Research Council

It is critical that we increase public knowledge and understanding of science and technology issues through formal and informal learning for the United States to maintain its competitive edge in…

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Toward an Integrated Arctic Observing Network

Committee on Designing an Arctic Observing Network,Polar Research Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

Observable changes with regional and global implications, such as warming temperatures and reduced sea ice, are taking place across the Arctic. However, the record of Arctic observations suffers from incomplete…

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Science and Technology for DOE Site Cleanup: Workshop Summary

Kevin D. Crowley,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management is developing a technology roadmap to guide planning and possible future congressional appropriations for its technology development programs. It asked the National…

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Review of the GAPP Science and Implementation Plan

National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Atmospheric Sciences & Climate,Committee to Review the GAPP Science and Implementation Plan

Water managers rely on predicting changes in the hydrologic cycle on seasonal-to-interannual time frames to prepare for water resource needs. This report by the National Research Council provides a review…

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Future Science Opportunities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean

Committee on Future Science Opportunities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean,National Research Council

Antarctica and the surrounding Southern Ocean remains one of the world’s last frontiers. Covering nearly 14 million km&sup2 (an area approximately 1.4 times the size of the United States), Antarctica…

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NOAA’s Role in Space-Based Global Precipitation Estimation and Application

Committee on the Future of Rainfall Measuring Missions,National Research Council

NOAA’s Role in Space-Based Global Precipitation Estimation and Application .

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Review of EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Process

Committee To Review The IRIS Process,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

The Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) is a program within the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that is responsible for developing toxicologic assessments of environmental contaminants. An IRIS assessment contains…

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A Review of the EPA Water Security Research and Technical Support Action Plan: Parts I and II

National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Panel on Water System Security Research

The report examines a draft plan, prepared by the Environmental Protection Agency, that identifies critical security issues for drinking water and wastewater and outlines related research and technical support needs…

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Science at Sea: Meeting Future Oceanographic Goals with a Robust Academic Research Fleet

Committee on Evolution of the National Oceanographic Research Fleet,National Research Council

The U.S. academic research fleet is an essential national resource, and it is likely that scientific demands on the fleet will increase. Oceanographers are embracing a host of remote technologies…

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Facing Hazards and Disasters: Understanding Human Dimensions

Committee on Disaster Research in the Social Sciences: Future Challenges and Opportunities,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

Social science research conducted since the late 1970s has contributed to society’s ability to adapt to various types of disasters. But more studies should be pursued that compare how the…

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Phthalates and Cumulative Risk Assessment: The Task Ahead

Committee on the Health Risks of Phthalates,National Research Council

People are exposed to a variety of chemicals throughout their daily lives. To protect public health, regulators use risk assessments to examine the effects of chemical exposures. This book provides…

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Nutrient Requirements of Swine: Eleventh Revised Edition

National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Committee on Nutrient Requirements of Swine,Division on Earth and Life Studies

Since 1944, the National Research Council has published 10 editions of the Nutrient Requirements of Swine. This reference has guided nutritionists and other professionals in academia and the swine and…

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Improving Health in the United States: The Role of Health Impact Assessment

Committee on Health Impact Assessment,National Research Council

Factoring health and related costs into decision making is essential to confronting the nation’s health problems and enhancing public well-being. Some policies and programs historically not recognized as relating to…

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Models in Environmental Regulatory Decision Making

Committee on Models in the Regulatory Decision Process,National Research Council

Many regulations issued by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are based on the results of computer models. This book presents guidelines and principles for improving agency models and decision-making…

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Radiation Source Use and Replacement

Committee on Radiation Source Use and Replacement,National Research Council

In United States there are devices containing high-activity radiation sources licensed for use in areas ranging from medical uses to safety uses. The National Research Council was asked to conduct…

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Critical Needs for Research in Veterinary Science

Review of EPA Homeland Security Efforts: Safe Buildings Program Research Implementation Plan

The New Science of Metagenomics: Revealing the Secrets of Our Microbial Planet

Innovations in Ground Water and Soil Cleanup: From Concept to Commercialization

Proliferation Risk in Nuclear Fuel Cycles: Workshop Summary

Critical Aspects of EPA’s IRIS Assessment of Inorganic Arsenic: Interim Report

Reducing the Time from Basic Research to Innovation in the Chemical Sciences: A Workshop Report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable

Applications of Analytical Chemistry to Oceanic Carbon Cycle Studies

Opportunities and Priorities in Arctic Geoscience

Funding Smithsonian Scientific Research

Neon: Addressing the Nation’s Environmental Challenges

New Research Opportunities in the Earth Sciences

Convergence: Facilitating Transdisciplinary Integration of Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, and Beyond

Nonnative Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay

Challenges and Opportunities in the Hydrologic Sciences

Emerging Animal Diseases: Global Markets, Global Safety: Workshop Summary

Landscapes on the Edge: New Horizons for Research on Earth’s Surface

Soil Conservation: Assessing the National Resources Inventory

Urban Forestry: Toward an Ecosystem Services Research Agenda: A Workshop Summary

Scientific and Medical Aspects of Human Reproductive Cloning

Minorities in the Chemical Workforce: Diversity Models That Work, A Workshop Report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable

The Arctic in the Anthropocene: Emerging Research Questions

Licensing Geographic Data and Services

Hydrologic Effects of a Changing Forest Landscape

The Global Movement and Tracking of Chemical Manufacturing Equipment: A Workshop Summary

Future Needs in Deep Submergence Science: Occupied and Unoccupied Vehicles in Basic Ocean Research

Review of EarthScope Integrated Science

Analysis of Global Change Assessments: Lessons Learned

The Missouri River Ecosystem: Exploring the Prospects for Recovery

Origin and Evolution of Earth: Research Questions for a Changing Planet

Path to Effective Recovering of DNA from Formalin-Fixed Biological Samples in Natural History Collections: Workshop Summary

Integrating Multiscale Observations of U.S. Waters

Mexico City’s Water Supply: Improving the Outlook for Sustainability

Chemistry in Primetime and Online: Communicating Chemistry in Informal Environments

Toward an Integrated Arctic Observing Network

Science and Technology for DOE Site Cleanup: Workshop Summary

Review of the GAPP Science and Implementation Plan

Future Science Opportunities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean

NOAA’s Role in Space-Based Global Precipitation Estimation and Application

Review of EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Process

A Review of the EPA Water Security Research and Technical Support Action Plan: Parts I and II

Science at Sea: Meeting Future Oceanographic Goals with a Robust Academic Research Fleet

Facing Hazards and Disasters: Understanding Human Dimensions

Phthalates and Cumulative Risk Assessment: The Task Ahead

Nutrient Requirements of Swine: Eleventh Revised Edition

Improving Health in the United States: The Role of Health Impact Assessment

Models in Environmental Regulatory Decision Making

Radiation Source Use and Replacement

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