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 30 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original ...

WASHINGTON, DC – The Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has selected six papers published by PNAS in 2024 to receive the Cozzarelli Prize, an award that ...

WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences will honor 20 individuals with awards recognizing their extraordinary scientific achievements in a wide range of fields spanning the physical, biological, ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine announced a significant restructuring of its program divisions, which perform the bulk of the National Academies’ work to inform public ...

WASHINGTON — The Council of the National Academy of Sciences has approved the nomination of Neil H. Shubin, Robert R. Bensley Distinguished Service Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy and ...

On June 2, the NAS joined the science academies of the other G7 nations in issuing the “Ottawa Declaration,” emphasizing the importance of academic freedom, institutional autonomy, the integrity of ...

Two NAS international members have been awarded the prestigious Shaw Prize. Wolfgang P. Baumeister has won the Prize in Life Science and Medicine for his pioneering development and use of ...

May 21-22, 2025 Washington, DC Forum Program Short Summary of the Forum Assessing biodiversity is fundamental to understanding the distribution of biodiversity, the changes that are occurring and, ...

NAS President Marcia McNutt hosted Michael Kratsios, assistant to President Trump and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, who shared his thoughts on the future of U.S.