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 ...

NAS vice president Diane Griffin died unexpectedly on Monday, October 28 at age 84 in Baltimore, where she was a University Distinguished Service Professor, Gilman Scholar, and chair emeritus of the W ...

Michelle Monje, 2023 Richard Lounsbery Award recipient, presented the 2024 Lounsbery Lecture on “Neuron-glial Interactions in Health and Disease: From Cognition to Cancer” at Vassar College on October ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Over the course of her career, Professor Kimberly Prather has co-authored over 230 publications on a variety of topics related to atmospheric aerosols. Awards for her work include being an elected ...

There are currently three main areas of research interest. The first is the transition to turbulence in fluid systems, including nonlinear steady and time-dependent states of fluid flow in the plane ...

Uros Seljak is a theoretical astrophysicist known for his work in cosmology. He is particularly recognized for his research on cosmic microwave background, galaxy clustering and weak gravitational ...

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 ...

Interests include national security and intelligence involving phenomena, technology, and equipment for sea, air, land and space for/with U.S. government; limitation of arms, both nuclear and ...