'The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) were developed by a group of 26 states working with...

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Since 1959, the National Research Council (NRC), at the request of the National Institute of Stan...

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This report is the proceedings of a December 2001 international symposium in Washington, DC organ...

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The 2011 National Research Council decadal survey on biological and physical sciences in space, R...

The next decade of planetary science and astrobiology holds tremendous promise. New research will...

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Enhancing the Effectiveness of Sustainability Partnerships

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The National Academies Global Forum on Innovations in Health Professional Education held a public...

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Electronic Travel Aids

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Finding Common Ground

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The National Science Foundation's National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES),...

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As part of the Vision for Space Exploration (VSE), NASA is planning for humans to revisit the Moo...

This book is the third in a series of five brief reports that aim to inform ASPE analyses that ac...

'Workshop on Improving Collection of Indicators of Criminal Justice System Involvement in Populat...

For the first time, a report focuses specifically on middle childhood--a discrete, pivotal period...

National Priorities for the Assessment of Clinical Conditions and Medical Technologies

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In 2005, the National Academies released the report Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Rese...

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Years of using, misusing, and overusing antibiotics and other antimicrobial drugs has led to the ...

'In September 2015, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a worksh...

In developing countries, traditional fermentation serves many purposes. It can improve the taste ...