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      Safety in the Underground Construction and Operation of the Exploratory Studies Facility at Yucca Mountain

      U.S. National Committee on Tunneling Technology,National Research Council

      To determine the suitability of Yucca Mountain as a repository, the Department of Energy constructed an underground Exploratory Studies Facility (ESF) where tests and experiments will be performed. This book…

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      Geotechnical Site Investigations for Underground Projects: Volume 1

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,U.S. National Committee on Tunneling Technology,Subcommittee on Geotechnical Site Investigations

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      Big Data: A Workshop Report

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Committee for Science and Technology Challenges to U.S. National Security Interests

      In 2012, the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) approached the National Research Council’s TIGER standing committee and asked it to develop a list of workshop topics to explore the impact of…

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      S&T Strategies of Six Countries: Implications for the United States

      Committee on Global Science and Technology Strategies and Their Effect on U.S. National Security,National Research Council

      An increase in global access to goods and knowledge is transforming world-class science and technology (S&T) by bringing it within the capability of an unprecedented number of global parties who…

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      High-Stakes Aviation: U.S.-Japan Technology Linkages in Transport Aircraft

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

      The third in a series of sector-specific assessments of US-Japan technology linkages, this book examines US-Japan relationships that develop or transfer aircraft technology, the motivations of participating organizations, and the…

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      Maximizing U.S. Interests in Science and Technology Relations with Japan

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of International Affairs,Committee on Japan,National Academy of Sciences

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      The New Global Ecosystem in Advanced Computing: Implications for U.S. Competitiveness and National Security

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Global Science and Technology,Committee on Global Approaches to Advanced Computing

      Computing and information and communications technology (ICT) has dramatically changed how we work and live, has had profound effects on nearly every sector of society, has transformed whole industries, and…

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      U.S.-Japan Technology Linkages in Biotechnology: Challenges for the 1990s

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

      Provides an assessment of the extent and nature of the linkages between the United States and Japan in biotechnology. Through analysis of aggregate data and case studies, this book assesses…

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      Defending the U.S. Air Transportation System Against Chemical and Biological Threats

      Committee on Assessment of Security Technologies for Transportation,National Research Council

      Historically, most terrorist attacks on civilian targets have involved the use of firearms or explosives, and current defensive strategies are aimed at preventing attacks perpetrated by such means. However, the…

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      U.S.-Japan Strategic Alliances in the Semiconductor Industry: Technology Transfer, Competition and Public Policy

      Committee on Japan,National Research Council,Office of International Affairs,National Academy of Sciences

      Reviews the evolution of strategic alliances involving US and Japanese companies in the semiconductor industry and analyzes whether alliances can contribute to the renewal of an industry faced with stiff…

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      Evaluation of U.S. Air Force Preacquisition Technology Development

      Committee on Evaluation of U.S. Air Force Preacquisition Technology Development,National Research Council

      From the days of biplanes and open cockpits, the air forces of the United States have relied on the mastery of technology. From design to operation, a project can stretch…

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      River Science at the U.S. Geological Survey

      Committee on River Science at the U.S. Geological Survey,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Rivers provide about 60 percent of the nation’s drinking water and irrigation water and 10 percent of the nation’s electric power needs. The multiple and sometimes incompatible services demanded of…

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      Sustainability and the U.S. EPA

      Committee on Incorporating Sustainability in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,National Research Council

      Sustainability is based on a simple and long-recognized factual premise: Everything that humans require for their survival and well-being depends, directly or indirectly, on the natural environment. The environment provides…

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      Toward a Sustainable and Secure Water Future: A Leadership Role for the U.S. Geological Survey

      Committee on Water Resources Activities,National Research Council

      Water is our most fundamental natural resource, a resource that is limited. Challenges to our nation’s water resources continue to grow, driven by population growth, ecological needs, climate change, and…

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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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      Is That Real? Identification and Assessment of the Counterfeiting Threat for U.S. Banknotes

      Committee on Technologies to Deter Currency Counterfeiting,Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      A key mission of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing of the Department of the Treasury is the design and printing of US banknotes. The bureau has recognized that modern…

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      Technology-Based Pilot Programs: Improving Future U.S. Military Reserve Forces

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Committee on Reserve Forces for 2010 and Beyond

      As the twenty-first century approaches, the number of full-time, active duty personnel in the U.S. military (excluding the Reserves and National Guard) is about 1.4 million, the lowest level since…

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      Transfer of Pollution Prevention Technologies

      Committee to Evaluate Transfer of Pollution Prevention Technology for the U.S. Army,Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The activities of the Department of Defense (DOD) and its contractors in manufacturing, testing, maintaining, and disposing of military equipment make up a significant portion of the industrial processes conducted…

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      Opportunities to Improve the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Assessment Program

      Committee to Improve the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Assessment Program,Water Science and Technology Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      With this report, the NRC’s Water Science and Technology Board has provided advice to USGS regarding NAWQA five separate times as the program evolved from an unfunded concept to a…

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      A Path to the Next Generation of U.S. Banknotes: Keeping Them Real

      Committee on Technologies to Deter Currency Counterfeiting,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The rapid pace at which digital printing is advancing is posing a very serious challenge to the US Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of Printing (BEP). This work provides an…

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      The Future of U.S. Chemistry Research: Benchmarks and Challenges

      Committee on Benchmarking the Research Competitiveness of the United States in Chemistry,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Chemistry plays a key role in conquering diseases and addressing environmental problems. This field struggles to position itself to meet the needs of the future. The National Research Council conducted…

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      Building the 21st Century: U.S. China Cooperation on Science, Technology, and Innovations

      Committee on Comparative National Innovation Policies: Best Practice for the 21st Century,National Research Council

      The global economy is characterized by increasing locational competition to attract the resources necessary to develop leading-edge technologies as drivers of regional and national growth. One means of facilitating such…

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      International Benchmarking of U.S. Chemical Engineering Research Competitiveness

      Committee on Benchmarking the Research Competitiveness of the U.S. in Chemical Engineering,National Research Council

      Gauges the standing of the US chemical engineering enterprise in the world. This book presents a benchmarking analysis that is based on measures including numbers of published papers, citations, trends…

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      Proliferation Concerns: Assessing U.S. Efforts to Help Contain Nuclear and Other Dangerous Materials and Technologies in the Former Soviet Union

      Committee on International Security and Arms Control,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The successor states of the former Soviet Union have enormous stocks of weapons-usable nuclear material and other militarily significant commodities. Preventing the flow of such items to terrorist groups is…

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      Summary of a Workshop on U.S. Natural Gas Demand, Supply, and Technology: Looking Toward the Future

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Earth Sciences & Resources,Committee on Earth Resources,Committee on U.S. Natural Gas Demand and Supply Projections: A Workshop

      The workshop examined the following three questions: (1) What projections have been made by government agencies for the U.S. supply of and demand for natural gas over the next 10…

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      Review of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Heavy Vehicle Technologies Program

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Board on Energy and Environmental Systems,Committee on Review of DOE's Office of Heavy Vehicle Technologies

      As national priorities have been focused both on reducing fuel consumption and improving air quality, attention has increased on reducing emissions from many types of vehicles, including light-duty, medium-duty, and…

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      National Water Resources Challenges Facing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

      Committee on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Science, Engineering, and Planning,National Research Council

      The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is responsible for construction, operations, and maintenance of much of the nation’s water resources infrastructure. This infrastructure includes flood control levees, multi-purpose dams…

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      The Fundamental Role of Science and Technology in International Development: An Imperative for the U.S. Agency for International Development

      Committee on Science and Technology in Foreign Assistance,National Research Council

      Explores specific programmatic, organizational, and personnel reforms that would increase the effective use of science and technology to meet the US Agency for International Development’s goals while supporting larger US…

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      Testing of Body Armor Materials: Phase III

      Committee on Testing of Body Armor Materials for Use by the U.S. Army--Phase III,Board on Army Science and Technology,Committee on National Statistics,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

      In 2009, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released the report Warfighter Support: Independent Expert Assessment of Army Body Armor Test Results and Procedures Needed Before Fielding, which commented on the…

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      Securing the Future of U.S. Air Transportation: A System in Peril

      National Research Council,Transportation Research Board,Studies and Information Services,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board

      As recently as the summer of 2001, many travelers were dreading air transportation because of extensive delays associated with undercapacity of the system. That all changed on 9/11, and demand…

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      Report of a Workshop on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Workforce Needs for the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Defense Industrial Base

      Committee on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Workforce Needs for the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Defense Industrial Base,National Academy of Engineering,National Research Council,National Academies

      Report of a Workshop on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Workforce Needs for the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Defense Industrial Base is the summary of a…

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      Meeting Global Challenges: German-U.S. Innovation Policy: Summary of a Symposium

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Committee on Comparative National Innovation Policies: Best Practice for the 21st Century

      Summary of symposium presentation and an introduction examining the policy issues raised in the conference, held by Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP).

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      Innovation in Global Industries: U.S. Firms Competing in a New World (Collected Studies)

      Committee on the Competitiveness and Workforce Needs of U.S. Industry,National Research Council

      Examines structural changes in the innovation process in 10 service, as well as manufacturing industries: personal computers; semiconductors; flat-panel displays; software; lighting; biotechnology; pharmaceuticals; financial services; logistics; and venture capital.

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      The Competitive Status of the U.S. Steel Industry

      Steel Panel Committee on Technology and International Economic and Trade Issues of the Office of the Foreign Secretary,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Academy of Engineering,National Research Council

      Does leadership in technology guarantee competitive advantage in industrial markets? Or do the costs of production and the lack of investment capital offset technological gains for the domestic steel industry…

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      Review of the U.S. Department of Defense Air, Space, and Supporting Information Systems Science and Technology Program

      Air and Space Systems Science and Technology Program,Committee on Review of the U.S. Department of Defense,Air Force Science and Technology Board,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council

      Since the mid-1940s, when Vannevar Bush and Theodore von Karman wrote Science, the Endless Frontier and Toward New Horizons, respectively, there has been a consensus that strong Department of Defense…

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      The Competitive Status of the U.S. Auto Industry: A Study of the Influences of Technology in Determining International Industrial Competitive Advantage

      National Research Council,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Committee on Technology and International Economic and Trade Issues of the Office of the Foreign Secretary,Automobile Panel

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      The Competitive Status of the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry: The Influences of Technology in Determining International Industrial Competitive Advantage

      Committee on Technology and International Economic and Trade Issues of the Office of the Foreign Secretary,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,National Research Council,Lacy Glenn Thomas,Pharmaceutical Panel Committee

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      The Competitive Status of the U.S. Civil Aviation Manufacturing Industry: A Study of the Influences of Technology in Determining International Industrial Competitive Advantage

      U.S. Civil Aviation Manufacturing Industry Panel,Committee on Technology and International Economic and Trade Issues of the Office of the Foreign Secretary,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Deregulation, higher costs, foreign competition, and financial risks are causing profound changes in civil aviation. This book reviews these trends along with federal involvement in trade, technology transfer, technological developments…

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      Rising to the Challenge: U.S. Innovation Policy for the Global Economy

      Committee on Comparative National Innovation Policies: Best Practice for the 21st Century,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Policy and Global Affairs,National Research Council

      America’s position as the source of much of the world’s global innovation has been the foundation of its economic vitality and military power in the post-war. No longer is U.S…

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      Corps of Engineers Water Resources Infrastructure: Deterioration, Investment, or Divestment?

      Committee on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Science, Engineering, and Planning,Water Science and Technology Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      Over the past century, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has built a vast network of water management infrastructure that includes approximately 700 dams, 14,000 miles of levees, 12,000 miles…

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      Technology, Policy, Law, and Ethics Regarding U.S. Acquisition and Use of Cyberattack Capabilities

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Computer Science and Telecommunications Board,Committee on Offensive Information Warfare

      The United States is increasingly dependent on information and information technology for both civilian and military purposes, as are many other nations. Although there is a substantial literature on the…

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      Decision Making in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Environmental Management Office of Science and Technology

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Committee on Prioritization and Decision Making in the Department of Energy Office of Science and Technology

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      Assuring the U.S. Department of Defense a Strong Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Workforce

      Committee on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Workforce Needs for the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Defense Industrial Base,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Higher Education and Workforce,Policy and Global Affairs,National Academy of Engineering

      The ability of the nation’s military to prevail during future conflicts, and to fulfill its humanitarian and other missions, depends on continued advances in the nation’s technology base. A workforce…

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      Assuring a Future U.S.-Based Nuclear and Radiochemistry Expertise

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Higher Education and Workforce,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board

      The growing use of nuclear medicine, the potential expansion of nuclear power generation, and the urgent needs to protect the nation against external nuclear threats, to maintain our nuclear weapons…

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      Review of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Restructured Upper Mississippi-Illinois River Waterway Feasibility Study

      National Research Council,Transportation Research Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee to Review the Corps of Engineers Restructured Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Feasibility Study

      The lock system on the lower portion of the Upper Mississippi River has caused waterway congestion, causing some ships to wait from several hours to several days. The Army Corps…

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      Science and Technology and the Future Development of Societies: International Workshop Proceedings

      Committee on the U.S.-Iran Workshop on Science and Technology and the Future Development of Societies,Office for Central Europe and Eurasia,Development, Security, and Cooperation,National Research Council

      Includes presentations made at the workshop at the estate of the Foundation des Treilles in Toutour, France. This book contains such topics as science and society issues, the role of…

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      An Evaluation of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Marine and Hydrokinetic Resource Assessments

      Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technology Assessment Committee,Board on Energy and Environmental Systems,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Ocean Studies Board,Division on Earth and Life Sciences

      Increasing renewable energy development, both within the United States and abroad, has rekindled interest in the potential for marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) resources to contribute to electricity generation. This title…

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      U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Planning: A New Opportunity for Service

      Coordinating Committee,Committee to Assess the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Methods of Analysis and Peer Review for Water Resources Project Planning,Water Science and Technology Board,Ocean Studies Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies

      From the Executive Summary: There are some concerns that the current Corps planning and construction budget has not kept pace with expanding national water management needs for flood hazard management…

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