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The quality of U.S. drinking water is at risk from many causes, including the nation's aging infrastructure and environmental conditions that affect source water conditions. Quality Water from Every Tap, a workshop held in Washington, D.C., on November 21-22, 2019, provided an opportunity for experts from government, affected communities, academia, and the private sector to explore both the challenges and factors that affect the delivery of water with acceptable quality and the paths to increase the quality of water for systems that do not meet today's drinking water standards - especially focusing on communities that lack adequate resources and expertise because they are small or have declining populations. This publication provides the rapporteurs' high-level summary of the topics addressed in the workshop and suggestions provided by workshop participants for potential actions to address the nation's water quality challenges.
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https://doi.org/10.17226/26069
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Quality Water from Every Tap: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation and Congress should direct and support states, localities, regional planning organizations, and other recipients of federal surface transportation funds to pilot test the use of metrics for informing transportation investments aimed at addressing the needs of all people in a deliberate and equitable manner.
This is among the recommendations in TRB Special Report 356: An Assessment of Data, Tools, and Metrics for Equity in Decisions About Surface Transportation Investments, from the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The report, called for by Congress, considers the needs of state and local jurisdictions as they strive to use their federal transportation funds to promote safe and reliable access to life needs such as housing, jobs, health care, and education, and to avoid and mitigate any adverse effects from transportation. The report's findings and advice will also inform a follow-on National Academies' research project to pilot test promising approaches for equity analysis.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-73161-5
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https://doi.org/10.17226/28591
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. An Assessment of Data, Tools, and Metrics for Equity in Decisions About Surface Transportation Investments. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Women make up over half of the U.S. population, yet research on women's health conditions, including those that are female specific such as fibroids, more common among women such as anxiety, or affect women differently such as cardiovascular disease, is severely lacking. Medical advances for women have lagged, in part due to a lack of understanding of basic sex-based differences in physiology. To address this, the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Office of Research in Women's Health tasked the National Academies with convening a committee of experts to assess the state of women's health research at NIH, identify critical knowledge gaps, assess the level of funding for women's health research, and more.
The resulting report outlines specific recommendations for NIH women's health research priorities; training and education efforts to build, support, and maintain a robust women's health research workforce; improving internal structures, systems and processes; soliciting, reviewing, and supporting women's health research; and ensuring appropriate levels of funding.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-73139-9
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https://doi.org/10.17226/28586
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. A New Vision for Women's Health Research: Transformative Change at the National Institutes of Health. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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State departments of transportation (DOTs) are responsible for the construction and maintenance of the nation's roadway infrastructure, which requires quality materials and workmanship verified through inspection and testing.
NCHRP Synthesis 638: State DOT Certification Programs for Materials Sampling and Testing Personnel, from TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program, documents practices used by DOTs for implementing qualification and certification programs for the personnel who conduct materials sampling and testing in accordance with federal requirements.
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https://doi.org/10.17226/28849
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. State DOT Certification Programs for Materials Sampling and Testing Personnel. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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In 2023, the National Academies convened an expert committee to assess the current use of racial and ethnic categories in biomedical research, review existing guidance for researchers, and provide new guidance for future use. The resulting 2025 report, Rethinking Race and Ethnicity in Biomedical Research, outlines nine actionable recommendations and associated resources for advancing the responsible use of race and ethnicity.
The recommendations of Rethinking Race and Ethnicity in Biomedical Research address how to: decide whether to use race and ethnicity in different research contexts; characterize and disclose limitations of datasets that include racial and ethnic information; identify factors to investigate instead of or alongside race and ethnicity; include overlooked populations in analysis; and support sustained community engagement.
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https://doi.org/10.17226/27913
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Rethinking Race and Ethnicity in Biomedical Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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The complex challenges facing society today call for new ways of doing research that bring researchers, policy makers, community leaders and members, industry stakeholders, and others together to identify evidence needs, contribute different kinds of knowledge and expertise, and use evidence to accomplish shared goals. Although momentum is building toward a research enterprise that more routinely enables and rewards this type of collaboration, the development of institutional capacities to support diverse forms of engaged research have not kept pace with the need for them.
To explore opportunities for engaged and societally impactful scholarship, the Board on Science Education at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop, Building Institutional Capacity for Engaged Research in Washington, D.C, held online on June 13 and 14, 2024. A diverse set of leaders and stakeholders from across the research ecosystem shared actionable ideas and innovations that participants could use for building institutional capacity for engaged research in their own in their own institutions and settings and proposed concrete ideas for coordination and capacity building to advance engaged research. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussion of the workshop.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-73033-3
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https://doi.org/10.17226/28337
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Building Institutional Capacity for Engaged Research: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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In most state departments of transportation (DOTs), a significant portion of the workforce continues to be eligible for retirement, which could lead to a loss of institutional knowledge. Collaboration and interdisciplinary work are also increasing the need for effective, efficient, and timely knowledge transfer. State DOTs and other transportation agencies could benefit from knowledge management (KM) techniques and practices to help identify, capture, and transfer institutional knowledge and support continuous learning. KM continues to evolve, particularly in the understanding of factors such as cognitive science, learning cultures, and knowledge risk.
NCHRP Research Report 1134: Knowledge Management at State Departments of Transportation: Research Roadmap, from TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program, presents a research roadmap for promoting KM among state DOTs and other transportation agencies. The roadmap consists of 11 research problem statements covering a broad set of research needs that agencies at different stages of readiness for conducting KM research can undertake to support their KM programs.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-73190-9
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https://doi.org/10.17226/28598
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Knowledge Management at State Departments of Transportation: Research Roadmap. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Electric vehicle (EV) sales in the United States have increased from around 100,000 in 2013 to more than one million in 2023. In turn, airports have installed charging stations to meet their customers' needs, prepare for expected demand, and comply with local ordinances. At least 93 out of the 145 hub airports are offering EV charging in their passenger parking facilities, up from 37 in 2014.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-73169-0
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https://doi.org/10.17226/28593
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Electric Vehicle Charging Stations at Airport Passenger Parking Facilities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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On May 29-30, 2024, the National Materials and Manufacturing Board and the Board on Mathematical Sciences and Analytics of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop, Methods for Enhancing Additive Manufacturing Qualification and Certification for Defense Applications, sponsored by the Department of Defense. The aim of the workshop was to explore current approaches to enhancing predictive accuracy and innovations in process, control, and inspection, as well as to discuss recent advances in statistics and analytics. This Proceedings of a Workshop-in Brief summarizes the presentations and discussions that occurred at that workshop.
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ISBN Ebook: 0-309-73177-1
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https://doi.org/10.17226/28595
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Methods for Enhancing Additive Manufacturing Qualification and Certification for Defense Applications: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Bridge and tunnel strikes inflict serious damage to vehicles, highway bridges, and tunnels; cause injuries and fatalities; and impose detours and costly delays on highway users. Attempts by state departments of transportation (DOTs) and other bridge and tunnel owners to prevent bridge and tunnel strikes include signing, lighting, height detection systems, and actuated warning devices.
NCHRP Research Report 1132: Bridge and Tunnel Strikes: A Guide for Prevention and Mitigation, from TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program, presents state-of-the-art information to assist state DOTs in the prevention and mitigation of bridge and tunnel strikes by overheight motor vehicles.
Supplemental to the report is NCHRP Web-Only Report 411: Prevention and Mitigation of Bridge and Tunnel Strikes.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Bridge and Tunnel Strikes: A Guide for Prevention and Mitigation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Committee on Law and Justice and Computer Science and Telecommunications board hosted a two-day workshop on June 24-25, 2024, to explore law enforcement use of person-based and place-based predictive policing strategies. These strategies utilize data to predict individuals or locations likely to be associated with crime, with the aim of preventing criminal activities.
The workshop explored effectiveness, legal, ethical, and social considerations, and concluded with discussions on future approaches to predictive policing. This new proceedings summarizes the workshop's key themes, including pressing challenges and opportunities, and areas for further consideration and guidance.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-72918-1
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https://doi.org/10.17226/28036
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Law Enforcement Use of Predictive Policing Approaches: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's National Science, Technology, and Security Roundtable (NSTSR) was called for in the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act to bring together individuals from federal research agencies, intelligence, law enforcement, academic research, and business communities to explore critical issues related to protecting U.S. national and economic security while ensuring the open exchange of ideas and the international talent required for American leadership in science and technology.
Since the first meeting of the NSTSR in 2020, there have been numerous discussions around the topic of research security among policymakers and affected communities, and the policy landscape has continued to evolve. The NSTSR played a role in these discussions, and to capture what was learned and explore potential future directions, a Capstone Workshop was held on July 16 and 17, 2024. Discussions over the 2 days of the workshop included observations by participants about the nature of the challenge of research security in the United States, reflections on actions that the United States has taken on research security to date, and possible future directions. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussion of the workshop.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-72695-6
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https://doi.org/10.17226/27976
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. National Science, Technology, and Security Roundtable Capstone: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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There has been an increase in bridge and tunnel strikes in the United States, presenting significant hazards to both the vehicles involved and the structural integrity of bridges and tunnels. Nationally, there are over 15,000 bridge strikes annually, costing millions of dollars in repairs and posing serious safety risks. The pressing need for a comprehensive solution is evident.
NCHRP Web-Only Document 411: Prevention and Mitigation of Bridge and Tunnel Strikes, from TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program, is supplemental to NCHRP Research Report 1132: Bridge and Tunnel Strikes: A Guide for Prevention and Mitigation.
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ISBN Ebook: 0-309-73257-3
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https://doi.org/10.17226/28812
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Prevention and Mitigation of Bridge and Tunnel Strikes. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Development of the AASHTO Highway Safety Manual began from a TRB conference session and a workshop, both held in 1999, that identified the need for a traffic safety document analogous to the role of the Highway Capacity Manual for traffic operations.
NCHRP Research Report 1140: Quantitative Safety Analyses for Highway Applications, from TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program, describes a multiyear research process undertaken to improve the state of the practice for quantitative safety analyses for highway applications.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-73291-3
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Quantitative Safety Analyses for Highway Applications. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Since 1959, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has annually solicited the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to convene expert panels to evaluate the quality, effectiveness, and resource sufficiency of NIST's six measurement and standards laboratories. This report provides an assessment of the NIST Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) focusing on technical programs , scientific and technical expertise portfolio, facilities, equipment, and human resources support, and program dissemination.
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ISBN Ebook: 0-309-71408-7
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https://doi.org/10.17226/27430
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. An Assessment of Selected Divisions of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Information Technology Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2024. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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The U.S. electricity system, known collectively as "the grid," is increasingly integrating a complex array of distributed energy resources (DERs) such as solar panels, wind turbines, batteries, and small-scale energy generators. By harnessing a diverse range of power sources and often generating energy close to the point of use rather than only in central power plants, DERs offer unprecedented flexibility in electricity generation and management. However, the imperative to maintain and improve the operational integrity of the grid as it takes on increasing quantities of DERs represents an emerging critical issue, particularly as demand for electricity enters a period of significant growth in many places across the United States.
To consider the research needs, operational standards, regulatory approaches, market incentives, and other facets relevant to ensuring the operational integrity of the grid as it integrates complex distributed elements, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop on Electricity System Operability and Reliability under Increasing Complexity in Washington, DC, on June 17-18, 2024. The workshop convened representatives from government, industry, academia, and nongovernmental organizations to examine a variety of challenges that grid operators face in maintaining reliable and equitable electricity service, along with emerging technologies and capabilities that may impact grid operations and reliability.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-73059-7
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https://doi.org/10.17226/28541
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Electricity System Operability and Reliability Under Increasing Complexity: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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As communities become more socially and environmentally conscious, there is growing awareness of some of the adverse impacts of aviation activity, including its contribution to climate change and the resulting social pressure to sometimes discourage air travel.
ACRP Research Report 277: Communicating a Balanced Look at Local Airport Activity and Climate Change, from TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program, is a guide for airport practitioners to understand the relationships among their airport's activity, economic benefits, and climate change. The guide offers rules of thumb to estimate these changes and effectively communication strategies that directly address the most common community concerns.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-73239-5
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Communicating a Balanced Look at Local Airport Activity and Climate Change. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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For many Black Americans, trust in science, engineering, and medicine (SEM) institutions is affected by historic and current contexts, with significant consequences including exacerbating health and economic inequities for this population. Many SEM professionals recognize the importance of building trust with the Black community, and are looking for sustainable and effective ways to earn and nurture that trust.
To advance SEM issues within the Black community, the Roundtable on Black Men and Black Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a public workshop to examine local, national, and global strategies used by groups such as the Black Church to build institutional trust. The workshop, held December 14-15, 2022, was structured to identify organizations that have demonstrated success in building and maintaining trust with Black communities, highlight best practices for SEM professionals to develop sustainable and effective relationships with the Black community, and examine how communication with Black communities influences trust and acceptance of SEM institutions.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-71726-4
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Leveraging Trust to Advance Science, Engineering, and Medicine in the Black Community: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Atypical weather events, such as extreme tropical cyclones, pose substantial threats to life, property and livelihoods in the U.S. and worldwide. Despite major advances in forecasting capabilities, communicating about extreme weather events with decision-makers and the public carries considerable challenges but also provides opportunities for innovation. Decisions surrounding extreme weather events often involve making tradeoffs between different degrees and varieties of risks. For example, deciding whether or when to issue an evacuation order ahead of a tropical cyclone entails tradeoffs between the risks to lives posed by the event and the risks to livelihoods posed by the financial costs of evacuations or relocations.
In early 2024, the National Academies held a workshop on risk communication around extreme tropical cyclones and other atypical climate events. Participants aimed to identify opportunities and challenges for risk communication as well as lessons about community engagement and communication concerning other climate events. Over the course of the workshop, participants addressed various facets of risk communication, including the importance and difficulty of clearly communicating uncertainty to the general public; the importance of understanding the needs of various audiences in the context of effective communication; preparedness as a critical component of an effective response; and the often-profound ways that strong partnerships and relationships across sectors and offices can impact and improve risk communication.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-72537-2
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Advancing Risk Communication with Decision-Makers for Extreme Tropical Cyclones and Other Atypical Climate Events: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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