One of the major challenges in materials science today is developing materials that can survive and function in extreme environments, such as the high-radiation environments found in a fission or fusion reactor or the ultra-high temperature ...

Experiencing poverty during childhood can lead to lasting harmful effects in which poverty is passed on to future generations - a cycle that disproportionately affects Native American families.

To identify policies and programs that can ...

Over the last three decades, there have been fundamental shifts in the electricity system, including the growing adoption of clean distributed generation energy technologies such as rooftop solar. Net metering, which compensates customers for ...

In response to a request from the US Department of Agriculture, the Health and Medicine Division (HMD) of the National Academies established the Standing Committee to Review the Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) Framework. The committee was asked to ...

Equipment failures often require state transportation agency fleet managers to consider whether the equipment should be repaired or replaced. The decision-making process typically considers a variety of factors.

The TRB National Cooperative ...

The first edition of the Highway Safety Manual has provided methods and procedures for estimating total crashes, crashes by type, and crashes by severity at the site level, project level and corridor level. Crash prediction models are critical in ...

As the Highway Safety Manual continues to evolve, determining the potential crash severity at a location becomes an increasingly vital component in predicting safety performance.

NCHRP Research Report 1047: Development and ...

Building Information Modeling (BIM) allows transportation infrastructure project teams to improve the overall quality of the planning and design of projects as well as more efficiently construct the project through improved planning, cost ...

Transportation agencies must grapple with a broad range of trends and issues that influence and act upon the systems they manage and operate. Issues include climate change, goods movement, changing centers of population and economic activity, and ...

Transportation agencies need to identify and evaluate current and emerging performance measures, analytic tools, and data sources in order to improve their ability to integrate issues such as climate change, goods movement, changing centers of ...

Rapid growth in the regenerative medicine field is driving increased demand for skilled workers, highlighting the importance of considering how to shape the requisite workforce. The National Academies Forum on Regenerative Medicine hosted a ...