In Section 132 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, Congress requested the National Academies launch a 10-year study to provide ongoing, independent assessments of emerging risks in commercial air transportation. This project will identify, categorize, and analyze emerging safety trends i...

In 2021, Navy personnel accidentally caused two fuel leaks at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility—a Navy-operated site on the island of O‘ahu. As a result, approximately 93,000 people, most affiliated with the Department of Defense, were potentially exposed to contaminated drinking water through...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has requested the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine establish an ad hoc committee to examine pediatric research supported by NIH. The committee will consider the perspectives of multiple NIH Institutes and Centers in its deliberations....

The study will identify key demands and challenges facing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) related to navigation and flood risk management assets; consider how innovative materials can support capabilities critical to meeting these demands and challenges; and make recommendations to inform s...

The National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will convene an ad hoc committee to prepare an assessment that will inform public policies concerning the possession and consumption of alcohol by crew members and other personnel aboard commercial vessels of the United States. The assessme...