WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 120 members and 30 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original ...

President Marcia McNutt will explore the current status of the U.S. research enterprise and strategies for navigating a rapidly changing scientific landscape in her the second annual State of the ...

This year’s Annual Meeting will be held from Friday, April 25 through Sunday, April 27. Although in-person attendance is limited to NAS members, several sessions and ceremonies will be livestreamed ...

Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences (CPNAS) organizes a diverse set of activities that explore the intersections among the arts, science, medicine, engineering, and popular culture.

While AI has shown tremendous success in many scientific fields, it remains a grand challenge to incorporate physical principles in a systematic manner into the design and training of these models. In ...

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) announced today that 19 Kavli Frontiers of Science alumni have been elected to membership in the NAS in recognition of their distinguished and continuing ...

A full playlist of all symposium sessions may be found here.

In a statement, the presidents of NAS, NAE, and NAM urge the Trump administration to maintain a welcoming environment for international students enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities, ...

My research revolves around laser, picosecond pulses, and spectroscopy kinetics and the mechanism of chemical and biological reactions; ultrafast kinetics, identification of fast intermediate states ...

Sandra Wolin is Chief of the RNA Biology Laboratory at the National Cancer Institute and heads the National Cancer Institute RNA Biology Initiative. She earned her A.B. in biochemical sciences from ...

Lindy Elkins-Tanton studies the formation and subsequent evolution of rocky planets. She was born and grew up in Ithaca, New York, and now splits her time between Arizona and Massachusetts.

Dr. William J. Murphy is the James E. Womack University Professor in the Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences at Texas A&M University, where he also holds a joint appointment in the ...