151 Ebooks by Board on Physics and Astronomy
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Plasma Science
As part of its current physics decadal survey, Physics 2010, the NRC was asked by the DOE, NSF, and NASA to carry out an assessment of and outlook for the broad field of plasma science and engineerin …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: National Science Foundation’s Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers Program
The Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSEC) Impact Assessment Committee was convened by the National Research Council in response to an informal request from the National Science F …
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€50.73
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on CMMP 2010: Condensed-Matter and Materials Physics
The development of transistors, the integrated circuit, liquid-crystal displays, and even DVD players can be traced back to fundamental research pioneered in the field of condensed-matter and materia …
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€51.37
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on NASA’s Beyond Einstein Program: An Architecture for Implementation: NASA’s Beyond Einstein Program
"Beyond Einstein science" is a term that applies to a set of new scientific challenges at the intersection of physics and astrophysics. Observations of the cosmos now have the potential to …
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€41.74
Board on Life Sciences & Board on Physics and Astronomy: Inspired by Biology
Scientists have long desired to create synthetic systems that function with the precision and efficiency of biological systems. Using new techniques, researchers are now uncovering principles that co …
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€58.53
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee to Review the U.S. ITER Science Participation Planning Process: Review of the DOE Plan for U.S. Fusion Community Participation in the ITER Program
ITER presents the United States and its international partners with the opportunity to explore new and exciting frontiers of plasma science while bringing the promise of fusion energy closer to reali …
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€21.23
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on a Scientific Assessment of Free-Electron Laser Technology for Naval Applications: Scientific Assessment of High-Power Free-Electron Laser Technology
This book presents a scientific assessment of free-electron-laser technology for naval applications. The charge from the Office of Naval Research was to assess whether the desired performance capabil …
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€27.61
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on CMMP 2010: Condensed-Matter and Materials Physics
The development of transistors, the integrated circuit, liquid-crystal displays, and even DVD players can be traced back to fundamental research pioneered in the field of condensed-matter and materia …
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€70.10
Board on Life Sciences & Board on Physics and Astronomy: Inspired by Biology
Scientists have long desired to create synthetic systems that function with the precision and efficiency of biological systems. Using new techniques, researchers are now uncovering principles that co …
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€61.53
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee for an Assessment of and Outlook for New Materials Synthesis and Crystal Growth: Frontiers in Crystalline Matter
For much of the past 60 years, the U.S. research community dominated the discovery of new crystalline materials and the growth of large single crystals, placing the country at the forefront of fundam …
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€42.79
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Radio Frequencies: Spectrum Management for Science in the 21st Century
Radio observations of the cosmos are gathered by geoscientists using complex earth-orbiting satellites and ground-based equipment, and by radio astronomers using large ground-based radio telescopes. …
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€51.49
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee for an Assessment of and Outlook for New Materials Synthesis and Crystal Growth: Frontiers in Crystalline Matter
For much of the past 60 years, the U.S. research community dominated the discovery of new crystalline materials and the growth of large single crystals, placing the country at the forefront of fundam …
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€61.63
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Research at the Intersection of the Physical and Life Sciences
Traditionally, the natural sciences have been divided into two branches: the biological sciences and the physical sciences. Today, an increasing number of scientists are addressing problems lying at …
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€31.29
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Understanding the Impact of Selling the Helium Reserve: Selling the Nation’s Helium Reserve
Helium has long been the subject of public policy deliberation and management, largely because of its many strategic uses and its unusual source-it is a derived product of natural gas and its market …
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€34.03
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Radio Frequencies: Spectrum Management for Science in the 21st Century
Radio observations of the cosmos are gathered by geoscientists using complex earth-orbiting satellites and ground-based equipment, and by radio astronomers using large ground-based radio telescopes. …
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€89.89
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Research at the Intersection of the Physical and Life Sciences
Traditionally, the natural sciences have been divided into two branches: the biological sciences and the physical sciences. Today, an increasing number of scientists are addressing problems lying at …
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€46.31
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Understanding the Impact of Selling the Helium Reserve: Selling the Nation’s Helium Reserve
Helium has long been the subject of public policy deliberation and management, largely because of its many strategic uses and its unusual source-it is a derived product of natural gas and its market …
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€48.56
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee for a Decadal Survey of Astronomy and Astrophysics: New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Driven by discoveries, and enabled by leaps in technology and imagination, our understanding of the universe has changed dramatically during the course of the last few decades. The fields of astronom …
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€39.39
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee for a Decadal Survey of Astronomy and Astrophysics: Panel Reports-New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Every 10 years the National Research Council releases a survey of astronomy and astrophysics outlining priorities for the coming decade. The most recent survey, titled New Worlds, New Horizons in Ast …
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€54.02
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Radio Frequencies: Views of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering on Agenda Items at Issue at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2012
The passive, receive-only Radio Astronomy Service (RAS) and the Earth Exploration-Satellite Service (EESS) provide otherwise impossible scientific observations of the Universe and Earth through the u …
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€3.82
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Report of the Panel on Implementing Recommendations from the New Worlds, New Horizons Decadal Survey
The 2010 Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey report, New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics (NWNH), outlines a scientifically exciting and programmatically integrated plan for b …
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€3.85
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Plasma Science
As part of its current physics decadal survey, Physics 2010, the NRC was asked by the DOE, NSF, and NASA to carry out an assessment of and outlook for the broad field of plasma science and engineerin …
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€54.04
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on AMO 2010: Controlling the Quantum World
As part of the Physics 2010 decadal survey project, the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation requested that the National Research Council assess the opportunities, over roughly th …
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€56.49
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Smaller Facilities: Midsize Facilities
Most of the instruments now used for materials research are too complex and expensive for individual investigators to own, operate, and maintain them. Consequently, they have become increasingly cons …
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€70.23
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Opportunities in High Magnetic Field Science: Opportunities in High Magnetic Field Science
High-field magnetsthose that operate at the limits of the mechanical and/or electromagnetic properties of their structural materialsare used as research tools in a variety of scientific disciplines. …
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€54.82
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Burning Plasma Assessment Committee: Burning Plasma
Significant advances have been made in fusion science, and a point has been reachedwhen we need to decide if the United States is ready to begin a burning plasmaexperiment. A burning plasmain which a …
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€64.44
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on High Energy Density Plasma Physics: Frontiers in High Energy Density Physics
Recent scientific and technical advances have made it possible to create matter in the laboratory under conditions relevant to astrophysical systems such as supernovae and black holes. These advances …
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€55.17
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Physics in a New Era
Physics at the beginning of the twenty-first century has reached new levels of accomplishment and impact in a society and nation that are changing rapidly. Accomplishments have led us into the inform …
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€51.36
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on the Physics of the Universe: Connecting Quarks with the Cosmos
Advances made by physicists in understanding matter, space, and time and by astronomers in understanding the universe as a whole have closely intertwined the question being asked about the universe a …
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€88.77
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems: Impact of Selling the Federal Helium Reserve
The Helium Privatization Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-273) directs the Department of the Interior to begin liquidating the U.S. Federal Helium Reserve by 2005 in a manner consistent with "minimum marke …
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€37.10
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Gravitational Physics: Gravitational Physics
Gravitational Physics assesses the achievements of the field over the past decade in both theory and experiment, identifies the most promising opportunities for research in the next decade, and descr …
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€54.52
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Nuclear Physics: Nuclear Physics
Dramatic progress has been made in all branches of physics since the National Research Council’s 1986 decadal survey of the field. The Physics in a New Era series explores these advances and looks ah …
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€62.92
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Elementary-Particle Physics: Elementary-Particle Physics
Part of the Physics in a New Era series of assessments of the various branches of the field, Elementary-Particle Physics reviews progress in the field over the past 10 years and recommends actions ne …
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€55.21
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Plasma Science
Plasma science is the study of ionized states of matter. This book discusses the field’s potential contributions to society and recommends actions that would optimize those contributions. It includes …
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€70.17
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on a Scientific Assessment of Free-Electron Laser Technology for Naval Applications: Scientific Assessment of High-Power Free-Electron Laser Technology
This book presents a scientific assessment of free-electron-laser technology for naval applications. The charge from the Office of Naval Research was to assess whether the desired performance capabil …
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€39.88
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee to Review the U.S. ITER Science Participation Planning Process: Review of the DOE Plan for U.S. Fusion Community Participation in the ITER Program
ITER presents the United States and its international partners with the opportunity to explore new and exciting frontiers of plasma science while bringing the promise of fusion energy closer to reali …
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€30.82
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: National Science Foundation’s Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers Program
The Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSEC) Impact Assessment Committee was convened by the National Research Council in response to an informal request from the National Science F …
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€70.62
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on NASA’s Beyond Einstein Program: An Architecture for Implementation: NASA’s Beyond Einstein Program
"Beyond Einstein science" is a term that applies to a set of new scientific challenges at the intersection of physics and astrophysics. Observations of the cosmos now have the potential to …
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€60.33
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Scientific Opportunities with a Rare-Isotope Facility in the United States
Over ten years ago, U.S. nuclear scientists proposed construction of a new rare isotope accelerator in the United States, which would enable experiments to elucidate the important questions in nuclea …
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€52.84
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Radio Frequencies: Handbook of Frequency Allocations and Spectrum Protection for Scientific Uses
The electromagnetic spectrum is a vital part of our environment. Information encoded in the spectrum of radiation arriving at earth from the universe is the means by which we learn about its workings …
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€46.20
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Performance Assessment of NASA’s Astrophysics Program
While a number of remarkable discoveries in astronomy and astrophysics have taken place over the past 20 years, many important questions remain. Continued progress in these fields will require NASA’s …
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€30.81
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Instrumentation for a Better Tomorrow
On November 15, 2004, the National Academies sponsored a symposium at the Beckman Center in honor of Arnold O. Beckman. The symposium concentrated on the wide-ranging practical applications of scient …
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€30.78
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics: Atacama Large Millimeter Array
The 1991 NRC decadal survey for astronomy and astrophysics included a project called the Millimeter Array (MMA). This instrument would be an array of millimeter-wavelength telescopes intended to capt …
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€21.68
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Setting Priorities for NSF-Sponsored Large Research Facility Projects: Setting Priorities for Large Research Facility Projects Supported by the National Science Foundation
In 1995, the National Science Foundation (NSF) created a special account to fund large (several tens of millions of dollars) research facilities. Over the years, these facilities have come to represe …
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€70.27
Board on Life Sciences & Board on Physics and Astronomy: Funding Smithsonian Scientific Research
This report assesses whether the Smithsonian Institution should continue to receive direct federal appropriations for its scientific research programs or if this funding should be transferred to a pe …
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€42.14
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Neutrinos and Beyond
The President’s FY 2003 Budget Request for the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction Account called for a National Research Council (NRC) re …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Atoms, Molecules, and Light
With the publication in 1994 of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Science: An Investment in the Future (the FAMOS report), the National Research Council launched the series Physics in a New Era, its lat …
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€30.63
Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee & Board on Physics and Astronomy: Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millennium
In preparing the report, Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millenium, the AASC made use of a series of panel reports that address various aspects of ground- and space-based astronomy and astrophy …
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€70.62
Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee & Board on Physics and Astronomy: Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millennium
In this new book, a distinguished panel makes recommendations for the nation’s programs in astronomy and astrophysics, including a number of new initiatives for observing the universe. With the goal …
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€61.32
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Assessment of the Department of Energy’s Office of Fusion Energy Sciences Program
The purpose of this assessment of the fusion energy sciences program of the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Science is to evaluate the quality of the research program and to provide guidance …
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€42.17
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on the Organization and Management of Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics: U.S. Astronomy and Astrophysics
In its fiscal year 2002 budget summary document the Bush administration expressed concernbased in part on the findings and conclusions of two National Research Council studiesabout recent trends in t …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics: Federal Funding of Astronomical Research
The Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics (CAA), at its meeting on September 8, 1997, was briefed on the legislative report accompanying the bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1998 a …
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€30.58
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee for a Decadal Survey of Astronomy and Astrophysics: New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Driven by discoveries, and enabled by leaps in technology and imagination, our understanding of the universe has changed dramatically during the course of the last few decades. The fields of astronom …
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€56.19
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee for a Decadal Survey of Astronomy and Astrophysics: Panel Reports-New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Every 10 years the National Research Council releases a survey of astronomy and astrophysics outlining priorities for the coming decade. The most recent survey, titled New Worlds, New Horizons in Ast …
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€56.60
Ad Hoc Committee to Assess the Science Proposed for a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL) & Board on Physics and Astronomy: Assessment of the Science Proposed for the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL) (PDF
According to the big bang theory, our Universe began in a state of unimaginably high energy and density, contained in a space of subatomic dimensions. At that time, unlike today, the fundamental forc …
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Ad Hoc Committee to Assess the Science Proposed for a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL) & Board on Physics and Astronomy: Assessment of the Science Proposed for the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL) (ePU
According to the big bang theory, our Universe began in a state of unimaginably high energy and density, contained in a space of subatomic dimensions. At that time, unlike today, the fundamental forc …
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€43.74
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on the Assessment of a Plan for U.S. Participation in Euclid: Assessment of a Plan for U.S. Participation in Euclid
NASA proposed to make a hardware contribution to the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Euclid mission in exchange for U.S. membership on the Euclid Science Team and science data access. The Euclid miss …
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Board on Energy and Environmental Systems & Board on Physics and Astronomy: Interim Report-Status of the Study "An Assessment of the Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy"
The scientific and technological progress in inertial confinement fusion has been substantial during the past decade. However, many of the technologies needed for an integrated inertial fusion energy …
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Board on Energy and Environmental Systems & Board on Physics and Astronomy: Interim Report-Status of the Study "An Assessment of the Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy"
The scientific and technological progress in inertial confinement fusion has been substantial during the past decade. However, many of the technologies needed for an integrated inertial fusion energy …
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€35.75
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on the Assessment of and Outlook for Nuclear Physics: Nuclear Physics
The principal goals of the study were to articulate the scientific rationale and objectives of the field and then to take a long-term strategic view of U.S. nuclear science in the global context for …
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€3.82
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on the Assessment of and Outlook for Nuclear Physics: Nuclear Physics
The principal goals of the study were to articulate the scientific rationale and objectives of the field and then to take a long-term strategic view of U.S. nuclear science in the global context for …
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€63.96
Board on Energy and Environmental Systems & Board on Physics and Astronomy: Assessment of Inertial Confinement Fusion Targets
In the fall of 2010, the Office of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Secretary for Science asked for a National Research Council (NRC) committee to investigate the prospects for generating powe …
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€3.82
Board on Energy and Environmental Systems & Board on Physics and Astronomy: Assessment of Inertial Confinement Fusion Targets
In the fall of 2010, the Office of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Secretary for Science asked for a National Research Council (NRC) committee to investigate the prospects for generating powe …
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€46.21
Board on Energy and Environmental Systems & Board on Physics and Astronomy: Assessment of the Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy
The potential for using fusion energy to produce commercial electric power was first explored in the 1950s. Harnessing fusion energy offers the prospect of a nearly carbon-free energy source with a v …
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€3.82
Board on Energy and Environmental Systems & Board on Physics and Astronomy: Assessment of the Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy
The potential for using fusion energy to produce commercial electric power was first explored in the 1950s. Harnessing fusion energy offers the prospect of a nearly carbon-free energy source with a v …
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€62.92
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Undergraduate Physics Education Research and Implementation: Adapting to a Changing World
Adapting to a Changing World was commissioned by the National Science Foundation to examine the present status of undergraduate physics education, including the state of physics education research, a …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Undergraduate Physics Education Research and Implementation: Adapting to a Changing World
Adapting to a Changing World was commissioned by the National Science Foundation to examine the present status of undergraduate physics education, including the state of physics education research, a …
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€47.24
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee to Assess the Current Status and Future Direction of High Magnetic Field Science in the United States: High Magnetic Field Science and Its Application in the United States
The Committee to Assess the Current Status and Future Direction of High Magnetic Field Science in the United States was convened by the National Research Council in response to a request by the Natio …
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€3.84
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee to Assess the Current Status and Future Direction of High Magnetic Field Science in the United States: High Magnetic Field Science and Its Application in the United States
The Committee to Assess the Current Status and Future Direction of High Magnetic Field Science in the United States was convened by the National Research Council in response to a request by the Natio …
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€52.36
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Lessons Learned in Decadal Planning in Space Science
The National Research Council (NRC) has been conducting decadal surveys in the Earth and space sciences since 1964, and released the latest five surveys in the past 5 years, four of which were only c …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Lessons Learned in Decadal Planning in Space Science
The National Research Council (NRC) has been conducting decadal surveys in the Earth and space sciences since 1964, and released the latest five surveys in the past 5 years, four of which were only c …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on the Views of the U.S. NAS and NAE on Agenda Items at Issue at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2015: Views of the U.S. NAS and NAE on Agenda Items at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2015
The World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) is a meeting of official delegations from over 140 nations and is organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Delegates meet every few …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on the Views of the U.S. NAS and NAE on Agenda Items at Issue at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2015: Views of the U.S. NAS and NAE on Agenda Items at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2015
The World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) is a meeting of official delegations from over 140 nations and is organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Delegates meet every few …
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€36.85
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Radio Frequencies: Views of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering on Agenda Items at Issue at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2012
The passive, receive-only Radio Astronomy Service (RAS) and the Earth Exploration-Satellite Service (EESS) provide otherwise impossible scientific observations of the Universe and Earth through the u …
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€30.48
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on an Assessment of the Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets (AFTA) Mission Concepts: Evaluation of the Implementation of WFIRST/AFTA in the Context of New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics (PDF
Evaluation of the Implementation of WFIRST in the Context of New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics assesses whether the proposed Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets (AFTA) design r …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on an Assessment of the Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets (AFTA) Mission Concepts: Evaluation of the Implementation of WFIRST/AFTA in the Context of New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics (ePU
Evaluation of the Implementation of WFIRST in the Context of New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics assesses whether the proposed Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets (AFTA) design r …
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€50.08
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on a Strategy to Optimize the U.S. Optical and Infrared System in the Era of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST): Optimizing the U.S. Ground-Based Optical and Infrared Astronomy System
New astronomical facilities, such as the under-construction Large Synoptic Survey Telescope and planned 30-meter-class telescopes, and new instrumentation on existing optical and infrared (OIR) teles …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on a Strategy to Optimize the U.S. Optical and Infrared System in the Era of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST): Optimizing the U.S. Ground-Based Optical and Infrared Astronomy System
New astronomical facilities, such as the under-construction Large Synoptic Survey Telescope and planned 30-meter-class telescopes, and new instrumentation on existing optical and infrared (OIR) teles …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on a Survey of the Active Sensing Uses of the Radio Spectrum: Strategy for Active Remote Sensing Amid Increased Demand for Radio Spectrum
Active remote sensing is the principal tool used to study and to predict short- and long-term changes in the environment of Earth – the atmosphere, the oceans and the land surfaces – as well as the n …
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€3.83
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on a Survey of the Active Sensing Uses of the Radio Spectrum: Strategy for Active Remote Sensing Amid Increased Demand for Radio Spectrum
Active remote sensing is the principal tool used to study and to predict short- and long-term changes in the environment of Earth – the atmosphere, the oceans and the land surfaces – as well as the n …
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€70.47
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Radio Frequencies: Handbook of Frequency Allocations and Spectrum Protection for Scientific Uses
The electromagnetic spectrum is a vital part of our environment. Measures of radio frequency emissions from natural phenomena enable both practical applications, such as weather predictions and studi …
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€3.82
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Radio Frequencies: Handbook of Frequency Allocations and Spectrum Protection for Scientific Uses
The electromagnetic spectrum is a vital part of our environment. Measures of radio frequency emissions from natural phenomena enable both practical applications, such as weather predictions and studi …
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€77.21
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: New Worlds, New Horizons
New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics (NWNH), the report of the 2010 decadal survey of astronomy and astrophysics, put forward a vision for a decade of transformative exploration at …
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€3.85
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: New Worlds, New Horizons
New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics (NWNH), the report of the 2010 decadal survey of astronomy and astrophysics, put forward a vision for a decade of transformative exploration at …
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€52.64
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on the Views on the World Radiocommunication Conference 2019: Views of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on Agenda Items of Interest to the Science Services at the World Radiocomm
The radio frequency spectrum is a limited resource with ever increasing demand from an expansive range of applicationsall the way from commercial, such as mobile phones, to scientific, such as hurric …
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€3.84
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on the Views on the World Radiocommunication Conference 2019: Views of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on Agenda Items of Interest to the Science Services at the World Radiocomm
The radio frequency spectrum is a limited resource with ever increasing demand from an expansive range of applicationsall the way from commercial, such as mobile phones, to scientific, such as hurric …
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€57.68
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Opportunities in Intense Ultrafast Lasers
The laser has revolutionized many areas of science and society, providing bright and versatile light sources that transform the ways we investigate science and enables trillions of dollars of commerc …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Opportunities in Intense Ultrafast Lasers
The laser has revolutionized many areas of science and society, providing bright and versatile light sources that transform the ways we investigate science and enables trillions of dollars of commerc …
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€154.41
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on U.S.-Based Electron-Ion Collider Science Assessment: Assessment of U.S.-Based Electron-Ion Collider Science
Understanding of protons and neutrons, or "nucleons"the building blocks of atomic nucleihas advanced dramatically, both theoretically and experimentally, in the past half century. A central …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on U.S.-Based Electron-Ion Collider Science Assessment: Assessment of U.S.-Based Electron-Ion Collider Science
Understanding of protons and neutrons, or "nucleons"the building blocks of atomic nucleihas advanced dramatically, both theoretically and experimentally, in the past half century. A central …
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€70.50
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Exoplanet Science Strategy: Exoplanet Science Strategy
The past decade has delivered remarkable discoveries in the study of exoplanets. Hand-in-hand with these advances, a theoretical understanding of the myriad of processes that dictate the formation an …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Exoplanet Science Strategy: Exoplanet Science Strategy
The past decade has delivered remarkable discoveries in the study of exoplanets. Hand-in-hand with these advances, a theoretical understanding of the myriad of processes that dictate the formation an …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Frontiers of Materials Research: A Decadal Survey: Frontiers of Materials Research
Modern materials science builds on knowledge from physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, computer and data science, and engineering sciences to enable us to understand, control, and expand the mat …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on a Strategic Plan for U.S. Burning Plasma Research: Final Report of the Committee on a Strategic Plan for U.S. Burning Plasma Research
Fusion offers the prospect of virtually unlimited energy. The United States and many nations around the world have made enormous progress toward achieving fusion energy. With ITER scheduled to go onl …
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Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee & Board on Physics and Astronomy: Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millennium
In this new book, a distinguished panel makes recommendations for the nation’s programs in astronomy and astrophysics, including a number of new initiatives for observing the universe. With the goal …
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€34.33
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Assessment of the Department of Energy’s Office of Fusion Energy Sciences Program
The purpose of this assessment of the fusion energy sciences program of the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Science is to evaluate the quality of the research program and to provide guidance …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Atoms, Molecules, and Light
With the publication in 1994 of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Science: An Investment in the Future (the FAMOS report), the National Research Council launched the series Physics in a New Era, its lat …
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Board on Life Sciences & Board on Physics and Astronomy: Funding Smithsonian Scientific Research
This report assesses whether the Smithsonian Institution should continue to receive direct federal appropriations for its scientific research programs or if this funding should be transferred to a pe …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Neutrinos and Beyond
The President’s FY 2003 Budget Request for the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction Account called for a National Research Council (NRC) re …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on the Physics of the Universe: Connecting Quarks with the Cosmos
Advances made by physicists in understanding matter, space, and time and by astronomers in understanding the universe as a whole have closely intertwined the question being asked about the universe a …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on the Organization and Management of Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics: U.S. Astronomy and Astrophysics
In its fiscal year 2002 budget summary document the Bush administration expressed concernbased in part on the findings and conclusions of two National Research Council studiesabout recent trends in t …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Physics in a New Era
Physics at the beginning of the twenty-first century has reached new levels of accomplishment and impact in a society and nation that are changing rapidly. Accomplishments have led us into the inform …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on High Energy Density Plasma Physics: Frontiers in High Energy Density Physics
Recent scientific and technical advances have made it possible to create matter in the laboratory under conditions relevant to astrophysical systems such as supernovae and black holes. These advances …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Gravitational Physics: Gravitational Physics
Gravitational Physics assesses the achievements of the field over the past decade in both theory and experiment, identifies the most promising opportunities for research in the next decade, and descr …
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€38.45
Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee & Board on Physics and Astronomy: Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millennium
In preparing the report, Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millenium, the AASC made use of a series of panel reports that address various aspects of ground- and space-based astronomy and astrophy …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Condensed-Matter and Materials Physics: Condensed-Matter and Materials Physics
This book identifies opportunities, priorities, and challenges for the field of condensed-matter and materials physics. It highlights exciting recent scientific and technological developments and the …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Elementary-Particle Physics: Elementary-Particle Physics
Part of the Physics in a New Era series of assessments of the various branches of the field, Elementary-Particle Physics reviews progress in the field over the past 10 years and recommends actions ne …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Nuclear Physics: Nuclear Physics
Dramatic progress has been made in all branches of physics since the National Research Council’s 1986 decadal survey of the field. The Physics in a New Era series explores these advances and looks ah …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Burning Plasma Assessment Committee: Burning Plasma
Significant advances have been made in fusion science, and a point has been reachedwhen we need to decide if the United States is ready to begin a burning plasmaexperiment. A burning plasmain which a …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Setting Priorities for NSF-Sponsored Large Research Facility Projects: Setting Priorities for Large Research Facility Projects Supported by the National Science Foundation
In 1995, the National Science Foundation (NSF) created a special account to fund large (several tens of millions of dollars) research facilities. Over the years, these facilities have come to represe …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Plasmas and Fluids
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Overview
An Overview: Physics Through the 1990’s is part of an eight-volume research assessment of the major fields of physics that reviews the developments that have taken place and highlights research oppor …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Opportunities in High Magnetic Field Science: Opportunities in High Magnetic Field Science
High-field magnetsthose that operate at the limits of the mechanical and/or electromagnetic properties of their structural materialsare used as research tools in a variety of scientific disciplines. …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics: Atacama Large Millimeter Array
The 1991 NRC decadal survey for astronomy and astrophysics included a project called the Millimeter Array (MMA). This instrument would be an array of millimeter-wavelength telescopes intended to capt …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Smaller Facilities: Midsize Facilities
Most of the instruments now used for materials research are too complex and expensive for individual investigators to own, operate, and maintain them. Consequently, they have become increasingly cons …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Nuclear Physics
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Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee & Board on Physics and Astronomy: Working Papers
This volume contains working papers on astronomy and astrophysics prepared by 15 non-National Research Council panels in areas ranging from radio astronomy to the status of the profession. …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics: Federal Funding of Astronomical Research
The Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics (CAA), at its meeting on September 8, 1997, was briefed on the legislative report accompanying the bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1998 a …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Science
This book responds to the call for a clear description of the role of basic science in meeting societal needs. It gives examples of societal benefits of atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) science i …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Photonics
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems: Materials Science and Engineering for the 1990s
Materials science and engineering (MSE) contributes to our everyday lives by making possible technologies ranging from the automobiles we drive to the lasers our physicians use. Materials Science and …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Plasma Science
Plasma science is the study of ionized states of matter. This book discusses the field’s potential contributions to society and recommends actions that would optimize those contributions. It includes …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Plasma Processing of Materials
Plasma processing of materials is a critical technology to several of the largest manufacturing industries in the worldelectronics, aerospace, automotive, steel, biomedical, and toxic waste managemen …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems: Impact of Selling the Federal Helium Reserve
The Helium Privatization Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-273) directs the Department of the Interior to begin liquidating the U.S. Federal Helium Reserve by 2005 in a manner consistent with "minimum marke …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
The goals of atomic, molecular, and optical physics (AMO physics) are to elucidate the fundamental laws of physics, to understand the structure of matter and how matter evolves at the atomic and mole …
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Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee & Board on Physics and Astronomy: Decade of Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomers and astrophysicists are making revolutionary advances in our understanding of planets, stars, galaxies, and even the structure of the universe itself. The Decade of Discovery presents a s …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Instrumentation for a Better Tomorrow
On November 15, 2004, the National Academies sponsored a symposium at the Beckman Center in honor of Arnold O. Beckman. The symposium concentrated on the wide-ranging practical applications of scient …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Elementary Particle Physics in the 21st Century: Revealing the Hidden Nature of Space and Time
As part of the Physics 2010 decadal survey project, the National Research Council was asked by the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation to recommend priorities for the U.S. partic …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on AMO 2010: Controlling the Quantum World
As part of the Physics 2010 decadal survey project, the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation requested that the National Research Council assess the opportunities, over roughly th …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Radio Frequencies: Handbook of Frequency Allocations and Spectrum Protection for Scientific Uses
The electromagnetic spectrum is a vital part of our environment. Information encoded in the spectrum of radiation arriving at earth from the universe is the means by which we learn about its workings …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Scientific Opportunities with a Rare-Isotope Facility in the United States
Over ten years ago, U.S. nuclear scientists proposed construction of a new rare isotope accelerator in the United States, which would enable experiments to elucidate the important questions in nuclea …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Performance Assessment of NASA’s Astrophysics Program
While a number of remarkable discoveries in astronomy and astrophysics have taken place over the past 20 years, many important questions remain. Continued progress in these fields will require NASA’s …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Condensed Matter and Materials Research Committee: Frontiers in Memristive Materials for Neuromorphic Processing Applications
Current von Neumann style computing is energy inefficient and bandwidth limited as information is physically shuttled via electrons between processor, short term non-volatile memory, and long-term st …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Manipulating Quantum Systems
The field of atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) science underpins many technologies and continues to progress at an exciting pace for both scientific discoveries and technological innovations. AMO …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on a Decadal Assessment of Plasma Science: Plasma Science
Plasma Science and Engineering transforms fundamental scientific research into powerful societal applications, from materials processing and healthcare to forecasting space weather. Plasma Science: E …
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Board on Energy and Environmental Systems & Board on Physics and Astronomy: Bringing Fusion to the U.S. Grid
Fusion energy offers the prospect of addressing the nation’s energy needs and contributing to the transition to a low-carbon emission electrical generation infrastructure. Technology and research res …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on the Views on the World Radiocommunication Conference 2023: Views of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on Agenda Items at Issue at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2023 (
The radio frequency spectrum is a limited resource for which there is an ever-increasing demand from an expansive range of applications – all the way from commercial, such as mobile phones, to scient …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Condensed Matter and Materials Research Committee: Frontiers in Synthetic Moire Quantum Matter
On May 18-19, 2021, the Condensed Matter and Materials Research Committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a public workshop to examine the frontiers of resea …
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Board on Life Sciences & Board on Physics and Astronomy: Physics of Life
Biological physics, or the physics of living systems, has emerged fully as a field of physics, alongside more traditional fields of astrophysics and cosmology, atomic, molecular and optical physics, …
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€62.60
Air Force Studies Board & Board on Physics and Astronomy: Analysis of Potential Interference Issues Related to FCC Order 20-48
This report reviews Federal Communications Commission order FCC 20-48, which authorized Ligado Networks LLC to operate a low-power terrestrial radio network adjacent to the Global Positioning System …
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€32.09
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics: Roman Space Telescope Observing Time Allocation Principles
The Roman Space Telescope will measurably advance knowledge of dark energy and exoplanet demographics. Locally, it will likely enhance understanding of the structure and substructure of the Milky Way …
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€12.81
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on the Assessment of High Energy Density Science: Fundamental Research in High Energy Density Science
High energy density (HED) science has critical applications for society from fusion energy to sustaining the US nuclear deterrent, while also contributing to broader scientific questions such as unde …
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€29.38
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee for a Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics 2020 (Astro2020): Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 2020s
We live in a time of extraordinary discovery and progress in astronomy and astrophysics. The next decade will transform our understanding of the universe and humanity’s place in it. Every decade the …
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Board on Physics and Astronomy & Condensed Matter and Materials Research Committee: Frontiers in Data Analytics and Monitoring Tools for Extreme Materials
One of the major challenges in materials science today is developing materials that can survive and function in extreme environments, such as the high-radiation environments found in a fission or fus …
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