Notes From NAP

Good evening. Mr. Speaker. Madam Vice President. Members of Congress. My Fellow Americans. In January 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt came to this chamber to speak to the nation. He said, “I...

https://notes.nap.edu/2024/03/08/remarks-of-president-joe-biden-2024-state-of-the-union-address-as-prepared-for-delivery-annotated/

In 2023, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine continued to provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and the world, informing policy...

https://notes.nap.edu/2024/01/02/our-year-in-review-the-most-downloaded-titles-of-2023/

Coral reefs are a major global ecosystem, treasured for their beauty and the many services they provide. Millions of people and thousands of communities depend on coral reefs for fisheries, touri...

https://notes.nap.edu/2023/07/28/science-on-interventions-to-restore-and-protect-coral-reefs/

As the largest generation in U.S. history – the population born in the two decades following World War II – enters the age of risk for cognitive impairment, growing numbers of people will exp...

https://notes.nap.edu/2023/07/20/the-future-of-treatment-and-support-for-dementia-and-related-diseases/

Chemists create life-saving pharmaceuticals, develop energy solutions, improve agricultural productivity, and produce novel materials used in a wide array of products, from cookware to clothing t...

https://notes.nap.edu/2023/07/10/the-vital-role-of-the-chemical-sciences/

This week, an international team of scientists announced their discovery of phosphorus, a key chemical element for many biological processes, in icy grains emitted by Saturn’s moon Enceladus. S...

https://notes.nap.edu/2023/06/15/finding-phosphorous-on-enceladus-and-the-search-for-life/

Patient-centered, high-quality health care relies on the well-being, health, and safety of health care clinicians. Our publications explore the wide array of settings and practice of the healthca...

https://notes.nap.edu/2023/06/13/resources-to-strengthen-and-support-the-healthcare-workforce/

Wildfires can play an important role in maintaining ecosystems. However, current environmental and climatic conditions are causing wildfires to become more frequent, larger, and hotter more quick...

https://notes.nap.edu/2023/06/12/wildfires-preparation-management-and-health-effects/

Geologists around the world hailed the June 2023 news that a scientific expedition to the mid-Atlantic Ridge succeeded in collecting samples of Earth’s mantle from the ocean floor. The breakthr...

https://notes.nap.edu/2023/06/09/getting-to-the-bottom-of-earths-past-through-ocean-drilling/

Today’s research enterprise is growing increasingly more international, interdisciplinary, and interconnected with other societal sectors. Research increasingly integrates knowledge and tools f...

https://notes.nap.edu/2023/06/05/resources-to-explore-the-changing-research-environment/