The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

"NASA is 66 years old and feeling its age. Brilliant engineers are retiring. Others have fled to higher-paying jobs in the private space industry. The buildings are old, their maintenance deferred. The Apollo era, with its huge taxpayer investment, is a distant memory. The agency now pursues complex missions on inadequate budgets." In a piece for The Washington Post, Joel Achenbach provides an overview of our recent report evaluating NASA's current workforce, infrastructure, and technological capabilities. The report details key areas of concern for the agency and offers recommendations to overcome systemic issues. Read at https://ow.ly/lFnh50TMO4x. #NASA #Space #SpaceIndustry

Medical diagnosis errors can have devastating consequences. A 2015 National Academies report found that diagnostic errors are a contributing factor in approximately 10 percent of patient deaths. At a recent National Academies workshop, participants explored some of the potential benefits and risks involved in using artificial intelligence and other digital tools to improve medical diagnoses, including ways to mitigate potential biases and advance health equity. To learn more, read our feature story at https://ow.ly/2eY450TM1KL. #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Diagnosis #HealthEquity

National Academy of Sciences member Daron Acemoglu has been jointly awarded the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel with Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson "for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity." Learn more about the prize at https://ow.ly/mYwI50TKOiN. #NobelPrize #Economics #Economy #SustainableDevelopment

Join us this week for events exploring cumulative impacts research, geophysical impacts of space weather, considerations for engineering across faults, and supporting graduate students as undergraduate STEM instructors. State-of-the-Science and the Future of Cumulative Impact Assessment https://lnkd.in/grsuav34 Geophysical Consequences and Applications of Space Weather https://lnkd.in/gtfMjb7B Engineering Across Faults https://lnkd.in/gB8xSc-z Graduate Students as Part of the Instructional Workforce for Undergraduate STEM Education https://lnkd.in/gaSgrTDn

This past summer, Dr. Rabia Yahya (Nouakchott University, Mauritania) visited Dr. Amal El-Ghazaly at Cornell University in New York. Learn more about their collaboration and the impact of both the U.S.-Africa Frontiers Symposium and the Frontiers Fellowships! #USAfricaFrontiers #capacity

"As more states have legalized the sale of cannabis, a fractured and inconsistent legal framework has emerged across the country that has prioritized sales income and tax revenue over public health, a new report finds." The New York Times summarizes findings and recommendations from our new report on the public health impacts of recent changes to cannabis policy — particularly the increasing legalization among states — and the surging potency of cannabis products. Read the article at https://ow.ly/WNYN50TJMfo. #Cannabis #CannabisPolicy #CannabisLegalization #Marijuana #MarijuanaPolicy #MarijuanaLegalization #PublicHealth

In the latest edition of Issues in Science and Technology, National Academy of Sciences President Marcia McNutt is joined by other voices in the science community in exploring how to strengthen U.S. science and keep it globally competitive. The articles are inspired by McNutt’s recent State of the Science address, during which she shared her assessment of the health of the U.S. research enterprise and current trends in science leadership. Read the articles at https://ow.ly/bBul50TIYRC.

National Academy of Sciences member David Baker has been awarded one half of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for computational protein design.” The other half was awarded jointly to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper “for protein structure prediction.” Read at https://ow.ly/7svr50TI2gl. #NobelPrize #Chemistry #Protein

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton "for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks." Hopfield is a National Academy of Sciences member, and Hinton is an international member of the NAS and the National Academy of Engineering. Read more at https://ow.ly/SuLL50TGT2G. #NobelPrize #Physics #MachineLearning #NeuralNetworks

Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun have jointly won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine “for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.” Both are members of the National Academy of Sciences, and Ruvkun is also a member of the National Academy of Medicine. Learn more at https://ow.ly/5r8K50TFPbE. #NobelPrize #Physiology #Medicine #microRNA #RNA