To facilitate scientific progress and collaboration while also protecting personal privacy, the integrity of research investments, and national security, it is important for life science data to be collected, digitized…

Macroeconomic models, essential for decision making and federal budget planning, may not appropriately consider the wide breadth of climate-related impacts that potentially have large macroeconomic significance. Challenges integrating climate factors…

Presenting a collaborative study between the NRC and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), this book addresses the problems facing China, as it attempts to provide personal transport desired by…

Analyzes the federal government’s capacity to recruit highly qualified individuals for the top science and technology (S&T)-related leadership positions in the executive branch and makes appropriate recommendations.

The military, political, and economic preeminence of the United States during the post-World War II era is based to a substantial degree on its superior rate of achievement in science…

Offers an analysis of the major issues surrounding greenhouse warming, and presents the authoring panel’s recommendations for US policy. This book analyzes understanding of greenhouse gas accumulation and its effect…

Talks about the challenges for science and engineering workforce. This paper, created on the request of the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable, presents factors contributing to a declining workforce, its risks and…

In order for the United States to maintain the global leadership and competitiveness in science and technology that are critical to achieving national goals, we must invest in research, encourage…