As we mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October, we celebrate the work of Kornelia Polyak, a pioneering cancer ...

The US is on the cusp of dramatically transforming how we conserve bees and other insects, which have been historically excluded from many major conservation efforts. This presentation will share some ...

The past decade has brought episodes of exceptional and even historically unprecedented warmth, both in California and around the world. But perhaps even more disruptive than rising global average ...

WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 120 members and 30 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original ...

PNAS has partnered with the Lasker Foundation to shine a spotlight on this year’s Lasker Award recipients. This year’s recipients are Dirk Görlich and Steve McKnight (Basic Medical Research); Jesús ...

Kristi Anseth has been named recipient of the 2025 Simon Ramo Founders Award by the National Academy of Engineering “for outstanding contributions to new bioresponsive polymeric materials and their ...

The NAS Public Welfare Medal is the Academy’s most prestigious award and is presented annually to honor extraordinary use of science for the public good. The Academy presented its 2025 Public Welfare ...

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 ...

The National Academy of Sciences announces the selection of eighty-seven of the nation’s brightest young scientists from industry, academia, and government to take part in the National Academy of ...

Marcia McNutt is a geophysicist and president of the National Academy of Sciences. From 2013 to 2016, she served as editor-in-chief of the Science journals. Prior to joining Science, she was director ...

On June 2, the NAS joined the science academies of the other G7 nations in issuing the “Ottawa Declaration,” emphasizing the importance of academic freedom, institutional autonomy, the integrity of ...