NAS, NAE, and NAM Presidents Highlight Facts on Vaccine Safety in Light of Measles Outbreaks The current measles outbreaks in the United States and elsewhere are being fueled by misinformation about the safety of vaccines. To help counter such misinformation, we created a website that provides clear, concise, and evidence-based answers to questions about vaccine safety […]
In the oil & gas industry, failing to perform ongoing maintenance on equipment can have severe consequences including reducing equipment service life, causing unplanned shutdowns and degrading performance, writes Denell Gibson. Ongoing maintenance is required to remove rust, corrosion and other accumulated material from the inside diameter (ID) of valves, pumps, piping, diesel engines, motors, […]
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Engineers at the University of California say they have demonstrated how easy it would be to snoop on biotech companies making synthetic DNA. All you need is an audio recording, they say. Place a smartphone near a DNA synthesizer, record the sound, run the recording across algorithms trained to discern the clicks and buzzes that particular […]
Robots have a tough job making their way in the world. Life throws up obstacles, and it takes a lot of computing power to avoid them. At the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference last month in San Francisco, engineers presented some ideas for lightening that computational burden. That’s a particularly good thing if you’re a […]
The Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has selected six papers published by PNAS in 2018 to receive the Cozzarelli Prize, an award that recognizes outstanding contributions to the scientific disciplines represented by the National Academy of Sciences. Papers were chosen from the more than 3,200 research articles that appeared […]
Representatives from the national academies of sciences of the G20 countries handed over recommendations for improving marine conservation to the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe today in Tokyo, for later consultation at this year’s G20 summit. The statement was jointly drafted by the G20 National Academies of Sciences under the leadership of the Science Council […]
Marcia McNutt, president of the National Academy of Sciences, spoke to the U.S. House Science, Space, and Technology Committee about “Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Science and Technology.” Committee’s web page Read the formal testimony
March 6, 2019 WASHINGTON – The Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine today announced a new funding opportunity to provide up to $2.5 million in grants to foster innovative approaches that support its ongoing efforts to improve understanding and prediction of the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current System […]
For its latest Thought Leadership podcast, leading Oracle Platinum Partner Inoapps (www.Inoapps.com) interviews Antony Welfare, Oracle’s Innovation Strategy Director and acclaimed Blockchain expert. The highly insightful podcast moves quickly from definitions of Blockchain and its essential benefits through to predictions of how the technology will transform lives once it is tested, trialled and fully operational. […]