In a city teeming with monuments, museums, and historical sites, it could be easy to overlook the National Academy of Sciences building, located on Washington, D.C.’s National Mall, across from the ...

As a young NASA scientist during the Apollo era, William Borucki helped design the heat shield that brought Apollo 11 ...

WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 120 members and 24 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original ...

The Einstein Memorial The memorial to Albert Einstein, situated in an elm and holly grove in the southwest corner of the Academy grounds, was unveiled at the Academy's annual meeting, April 22, 1979, ...

Distinctive Voices highlights innovations, discoveries, and emerging issues in an exciting and engaging public forum. Do you wonder how things work? What the future holds? If you are curious about the ...

The pandemic demonstrated that there is strong public benefit derived from researchers having prompt access to a variety of data sources, such as data from public and government bodies, as well as ...

David J. Glass MD is a Vice President of Research at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from Columbia University, and his MD from New York Medical College. He ...

Planning Group Members: Falko Judt, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Kira Rehfeld, University of Tuebingen and Yoshihiro Nakayama, Hokkaido University INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: Marie-Luise ...

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Marcia McNutt is a geophysicist and president of the National Academy of Sciences. From 2013 to 2016, she served as editor-in-chief of the Science journals. Prior to joining Science, she was director ...

The NAS Award for Scientific Discovery is presented every two years to recognize an accomplishment or discovery in basic research, achieved within the previous five years, that is expected to have a ...