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Report of a Workshop
The United States and other countries around the world face problems of an increasingly global nature that often require major contributions from scie...
German-U.S. Innovation Policy: Summary of a Symposium
While nations have always competed for territory, mineral riches, water, and other physical assets, they compete most vigorously today for technology-...
Volume I: Grains
Scenes of starvation have drawn the world's attention to Africa's agricultural and environmental crisis. Some observers question whether this continen...
Science Advice in the United Nations System
In the international effort to advance human health, welfare, and development while better managing and conserving the environment and natural resourc...
Report of a Symposium
To mark the opening of a study of Comparative Innovation Policy: Best Practice for the 21st Century the Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Pol...
Recognizing the increasing rate of species loss on a global scale and that neither pollution nor ecosystems respects political boundaries, cooperation...
One of the pathways by which the scientific community confirms the validity of a new scientific discovery is by repeating the research that produced i...
Building Knowledge Through Evaluations and Research
Over the past 25 years, the United States has made support for the spread of democracy to other nations an increasingly important element of its natio...
Goals, Strategies, and Challenges
The so-called nuclear renaissance has increased worldwide interest in nuclear power. This potential growth also has increased, in some quarters, conce...
Controlling Diseases and Enhancing Security
In July 2005, the National Academies released the report Biological Science and Biotechnology in Russia: Controlling Diseases and Enhancing Security. ...
This collaborative study between the NRC and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) addresses the problems facing China in the next twenty years as ...
As digital technologies are expanding the power and reach of research, they are also raising complex issues. These include complications in ensuring t...
Imperatives for the Department of State
Issues involving science, technology, and health (STH) have moved to the forefront of the international diplomatic agenda. Other vital issues linked t...
An International Perspective
Every industrialized country is concerned with maintaining an adequate supply of individuals interested in careers in science and technology, yet litt...
By 2050 the world's population is projected to grow by one-third, reaching between 9 and 10 billion. With globalization and expected growth in global ...
Improving Indicators to Inform Policy
Since the 1950s, under congressional mandate, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) - through its National Center for Science and Engineering Sta...
Summary of a Workshop
On October 17, 2014, spurred by incidents at U.S. government laboratories that raised serious biosafety concerns, the United States government launche...
Volume III: Fruits
This book is the third in a series evaluating underexploited African plant resources that could help broaden and secure Africa's food supply. The volu...
Embedding a Culture of Science and Technology Throughout the Department of State
Diplomacy for the 21st Century recommends steps that the Department of State should embrace to take full advantage of the leading science and technolo...
The integrity of knowledge that emerges from research is based on individual and collective adherence to core values of objectivity, honesty, openness...
Embedding a Culture of Science and Technology Throughout the Department of State: Summary
Diplomacy for the 21st Century recommends steps that the department should embrace in order to take full advantage of the leading science and technolo...
This guide for students and faculty discusses opportunities and implications of conducting research in a digital environment....
A Transition Toward Sustainability
World human population is expected to reach upwards of 9 billion by 2050 and then level off over the next half-century. How can the transition to a st...
Interim Report
The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES), at the U.S. National Foundation, is 1 of 14 major statistical agencies in the fede...
A New Model for Cooperative Threat Reduction
The government's first Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) programs were created in 1991 to eliminate the former Soviet Union's nuclear, chemical, and ...
An Imperative for the U.S. Agency for International Development
In October 2003 the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the National Research Council (NRC) entered into a cooperative agreement. Th...
Little-Known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation
This fascinating, readable volume is filled with enticing, detailed information about more than 30 different Incan crops that promise to follow the po...
This volume assembles papers commissioned by the National Research Council's Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP) to inform judgme...
Developed in collaboration with the Nigerian Academy of Science, this report explores the ways in which science-based private enterprises can be creat...
Summary of Two Symposia
Technological innovation and growth are critical to U.S. competitiveness in a global economy. One means of facilitating growth and improving competiti...
Innovation Policies for the 21st Century: Report of a Symposium
Recognizing that innovation is the key to international competitiveness in the 21st century, policymakers around the world are seeking more effective ...
Proceedings of a Workshop
Women in the United States and Kuwait have made advances as researchers and leaders in science, engineering, and medical disciplines, yet challenges a...
Realizing a Vision for 21st Century Research
Openness and sharing of information are fundamental to the progress of science and to the effective functioning of the research enterprise. The advent...
Putting Knowledge to Work
This report is intended to promote a dialogue between the scientific community and the government officials who will lead our nation in the coming yea...
During July 10-13, 2011, 68 participants from 32 countries gathered in Istanbul, Turkey for a workshop organized by the United States National Researc...
In 1995, the National Science Foundation (NSF) created a special account to fund large (several tens of millions of dollars) research facilities. Over...
Information Technology and the Future of the Research University
The rapid evolution of information technology (IT) is transforming our society and its institutions. For the most knowledge-intensive entities of all,...
A Survey of Factors in Multinational R&D Location -- Report to the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable
In this report to the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable, authors Jerry Thursby and Marie Thursby summarize their research on the glob...
As part of its analysis of public-private partnerships, the Academies convened leading academic researchers, government officials and policy makers, a...
Exploring a Russian Site as a Prototype: Proceedings of an International Workshop
As part of a long-standing collaboration on nuclear nonproliferation, the National Academy of Sciences and the Russian Academy of Sciences held a join...