Celebrating Scientific Discoveries for the Benefit of Humankind and Paving the Way for Future Breakthroughs Join the Embassy ...

The talk will begin with a history of coronavirus research, from the 1960s, until the present. It will include the stories of three zoonotic coronaviruses- severe acute respiratory syndrome ...

Feng Zhang, 2021 Richard Lounsbery Award recipient, will present the 2024 Lounsbery Lecture on "Exploration of Biological ...

Mercury is a naturally occurring element that has been mined and released by humans for over 3,000 years. Inorganic mercury, released through human activities, makes up the majority of the mercury ...

The Act to Incorporate the National Academy of Sciences, also known as the Academy Charter, was signed by President Lincoln on 3 March 1863, establishing the Academy as an independent honorary and ...

Biological tissues and fluids become far more transparent to light in the near infrared spectral window, at wavelengths too long for our eyes to detect. This increased transparency is highly promising ...

Natural, goal-directed behaviors typically involve sensing and action across both time and space. Organisms must react to stimuli in the 3D environment at each moment in time, as well as plan future ...

The memorial to Albert Einstein, situated in an elm and holly grove in the southwest corner of the Academy grounds, was unveiled at the Academy's annual meeting, April 22, 1979, in honor of the ...

Yves Meyer is Professor Emeritus at Ecole Normale Sup’erieure de Cachan, France. He was previously Professor at Universit’e Paris-Dauphine (1986-1995), Professor at Ecole Polytechnique (1980-1986), ...

Roger J. Davis is a molecular biologist recognized for his studies of mechanisms that mediate stress responses that contribute to inflammation, cancer, and metabolic dysfunction. A focus of his work ...

John Vidale has been since 2017 a Professor at USC. He was an undergrad at Yale and gained his PhD from Caltech, then worked for UC Santa Cruz and the USGS in Menlo Park, before teaching at UCLA for a ...

Edward Buckler is a Research Geneticist with the Senior Scientific Research Service at the US Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service, and he is an Adjunct Professor of Plant ...