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Why are native seeds important? | National Academies
Native plant materials —including seeds, cuttings, and young plants grown in containers—are essential to restoring and sustaining healthy ecosystems, especially as climate change is accelerating ...
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Improving Support for Family Caregivers
Roughly 53 million people in the U.S. provide care to a family member such as a child with complex medical needs, an aging ...
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New Report Provides Peer Review of FAA Study on Seat Dimensions and Passenger Evacuation Efficiency
Declining seat space for passengers on commercial airplanes, coupled with the growing prevalence of larger passengers in the ...
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Strategies to Better Align Investments in Innovations for Therapeutic Development with Disease Burden and Unmet Needs: Public Release Webinar
Please join the National Academies for a webinar on July 15 th from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm ET to explore its new report and how the United States can better align spending with therapeutic needs to ...
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Potential Environmental Effects of Nuclear War — New Report
A new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine examines the ...
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Health and Safety Impacts of Aircraft Cabin Temperatures - Meeting 1 Public Session
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are the nation's pre-eminent source of high-quality, objective advice on science, engineering, and health matters. Top experts participate ...
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First Images from Vera C. Rubin Observatory Debut at National Academy of Sciences
Project scientists and others gathered at the National Academy of Sciences building to see the first images from the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory, named after the trailblazing astronomer and NAS ...
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Actions from Federal Government Needed to Alleviate Air Traffic Controller Staffing Shortages at Many Facilities, Says New Report - National Academies
From fiscal years 2013 to 2023, the FAA hired only two-thirds of the air traffic controllers called for by its staffing models. By fiscal year 2024, nearly a third of air traffic control facilities ...
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National Academies Presidents Stress Importance of Science in Decision-Making About Vaccines
We are concerned about recent decisions by the U.S. secretary of health and human services that could undermine science-based decision-making about vaccines, including the dismissal of every member of ...
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Understanding the Basics of Bird Flu | National Academies
By Sara Frueh Over the past three years, bird flu — caused by the avian influenza A (H5N1) virus — has extended its reach around the U.S. and across many species. The virus arrived in wild birds, but ...
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Report Release Webinar: Blueprint for a National Prevention Infrastructure for Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders
The costs associated with our nation’s mental health and substance use crises are unbearably high, measured in lost and shattered lives of children, parents, siblings, and friends, and in lost workers ...
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Mental and Behavioral Health Disorders Are Increasing in U.S.; Effective Preventive Interventions Should Be Expanded, Report Says - National Academies
Suicide is the 11th leading cause of death overall (48,100 deaths in 2021), the second leading cause among people ages 10-14 and 25-34, and the third leading cause for ages 15-24. Suicide deaths have ...