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National Academies Press

The National Academies Press (NAP) publishes the publications of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. NAP publishes more than 200 publications per year on a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and medicine, providing authoritative, independently researched information on important matters in science and health policy.

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Cover Image: Preventing and Treating Dementia

Preventing and Treating Dementia: Research Priorities to Accelerate Progress

Cover Image: Modernizing Probable Maximum Precipitation Estimation

Modernizing Probable Maximum Precipitation Estimation

Cover Image: Social Media and Adolescent Health

Social Media and Adolescent Health

Cover Image: The Next Decade of Discovery in Solar and Space Physics

The Next Decade of Discovery in Solar and Space Physics: Exploring and Safeguarding Humanity's Home in Space

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Cover Image: Innovating Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Health Professions Education

Innovating Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Health Professions Education: Proceedings of a Workshop

Cover Image: State DOT Policies and Practices on the Use of Corrosion-Resistant Reinforcing Bars

State DOT Policies and Practices on the Use of Corrosion-Resistant Reinforcing Bars

Cover Image: Wide Cracks and Joints in Flexible and Composite Pavements

Wide Cracks and Joints in Flexible and Composite Pavements: State DOT Maintenance Practices

Cover Image: Scaling and Sustaining Pre-K-12 STEM Education Innovations

Scaling and Sustaining Pre-K-12 STEM Education Innovations: Systemic Challenges, Systemic Responses

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Cover Image: Nutrition During Pregnancy and Lactation

Nutrition During Pregnancy and Lactation: Exploring New Evidence: Proceedings of a Workshop

Cover Image: Reopening K-12 Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Reopening K-12 Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Prioritizing Health, Equity, and Communities

Cover Image: Rapid Expert Consultation on Staffing Considerations for Crisis Standards of Care for the COVID-19 Pandemic (July 28, 2020)

Rapid Expert Consultation on Staffing Considerations for Crisis Standards of Care for the COVID-19 Pandemic (July 28, 2020)

Cover Image: A Vision for NSF Earth Sciences 2020-2030

A Vision for NSF Earth Sciences 2020-2030: Earth in Time

From the Archives

Cover Image: Space Plasma Physics

Space Plasma Physics: The Study of Solar-System Plasmas

Cover Image: Earthquake Engineering Research, 1982

Earthquake Engineering Research, 1982

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Energy and Industrial Ecology

Cover Image: Current Developments in Optics and Vision

Current Developments in Optics and Vision

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Genomics

Thousands of human genomes have been completely sequenced, and many more have been mapped at lower levels of resolution. Genomic studies hold great promise to advance the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, and advance research in anthropology, forensics, and other branches of science. The reports of this collection discuss the history, advancement, and translation of genomic-based research.

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Climate Change

Climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for a broad range of human and natural systems. Human activities largely determine the evolution of the Earth's climate, which not only impact the next few decades, but the coming centuries and millennia. This collection emphasizes the importance of 21st century choices regarding long-term climate stabilization through improving understanding of the causes and consequences of climate change and expanding the options available to limit the magnitude of climate change.

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Cybersecurity

In a world of increasing dependence on information technology, the prevention of cyberattacks on a nation's important computer, infrastructure, and communications systems and networks is a problem that looms large. In order to best prevent such attacks, this collection explains the importance of increasing the usability of security technologies, recommends strategies for future research aimed at countering cyberattacks, and considers how information technology systems can be used to not only maximize protection against attacks, but also respond to threats.

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Crisis Standards of Care

Public health disasters justify temporarily adjusting practice standards and/or shifting the balance of ethical concerns to emphasize the needs of the community rather than the needs of individuals. Our Crisis Standards of Care publications provide guidance for use by state and local public health officials and health-sector agencies and institutions in establishing and implementing standards of care that should apply in disaster situations.

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Infographic: Ten Things You Probably Didn't Know About Immigrants
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Ten Things You Probably Didn't Know About Immigrants

Video: Bullying: Through a Teacher's Eyes
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Bullying: Through a Teacher's Eyes

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Abrupt Impacts of Climate Change

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On Being a Scientist

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