environmental monitoring; and specialized facilities for animal housing and research needs. The Guide for the Care and Use of...... more

inevitable that the search for new sources will extend to the oceans - the largely unexplored 71 percent of the planet s surface...... more

years. During the early 1940s, when petroleum supplies for civilian use ran out in Europe, Asia, and Australia, producer gas...... more

Research Universities and the Future of America presents critically important strategies for ensuring that our nation s...... more

successfully carried out international projects that serve U.S. national interests and benefit the USGS domestic mission...... more

This report is the twelfth assessment of the National Institutes of Health National Research Service Awards program...... more

National Research Council (NRC) to perform a study of the emerging workforce trends in the U.S. energy and mining industries...... more

Since the early 1960s, the U.S. strategic nuclear posture has been composed of a triad of nuclear-certified long-range...... more

successful U.S. program would require sustained national commitment and a budget that increases by more than the rate of...... more

drinking water augmentation--could significantly increase the nation s total available water resources. Water Reuse presents a...... more

capabilities and the more deliberate acquisition of evolutionary capabilities. Evaluation of U.S. Air Force Preacquisition...... more

that various people expect their government to pursue. It also raises questions about the nation s future wealth and...... more

techniques gained through legitimate biotechnology research could be misused to create biological weapons or for bioterrorism...... more

systems (the U.S. Air Force over $100 billion per year). DOD and Air Force acquisitions programs often experience large cost...... more

National Research Council was charged with evaluating the NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation Program and determining whether...... more

series Reviews of Research Programs of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. The Committee to Evaluate...... more

There is a growing sense of national urgency about the role of energy in long-term U.S. economic vitality, national...... more

erosion of basic, long-term engineering research capability in U.S. industry and federal laboratories have raised serious...... more

This report addresses the transition of research satellites, instruments, and calculations into operational service for...... more

The Mathematical Sciences Education Board (MSEB) and the U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction (USNCMI...... more

Divisions of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) requested that the National Research Council conduct an independent and...... more

activities--as well as similarities in the national policy environment, impact of information technology, and other factors. U.S...... more

Since the late 1960s, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)--the nation s report card--has been the...... more

U.S.-European Collaboration in Space Science reviews the past 30 years of space-based research across the Atlantic. The...... more

Many of the aircraft that form the backbone of the U.S. Air Force operational fleet are 25 years old or older. A few of...... more

The national information infrastructure (NII) holds the promise of connecting people of all ages and descriptions...... more

The debate about appropriate purposes and policies for U.S. nuclear weapons has been under way since the beginning of...... more

provided to the working group in the NRC’s 2010 report, Ocean Acidification: A National Strategy to Meet the Challenges of a...... more

collide. The U.S. Air Force is the primary U.S. government organization tasked with maintaining the space object catalog and...... more

collaboration with the National Research Council and the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research, held a workshop in...... more

Department of Energy s Methane Hydrate Research and Development Program has been tasked since 2000 to implement and coordinate a...... more

, which traditionally encompass much of NASA’s research and analysis (R&A) programs, include support for basic research...... more

climate change, and to national security and independence, as many of the world s current energy sources are increasingly...... more

the soils in which the pipeline is buried. The Bureau of Reclamation s specification for DIP in highly corrosive soil has...... more