Four NAS members have been announced as 2026 Breakthrough Prize Laureates. Jean Bennett and Katherine High have been awarded ...

Music is one of the most universal human behaviors—people across cultures spend hours each day listening to music to regulate ...

This year’s Annual Meeting will be held from Friday, April 24 through Sunday, April 26. Although in-person attendance is ...

On November 24, 1859, Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species and transformed our understanding of life on Earth by introducing the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course ...

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James (Jim) Giovannoni is a plant biologist known for his work on fruit physiology and ripening. He is acknowledged in particular for his discoveries related to the transcriptional control of ripening ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences will honor 19 individuals with awards recognizing their extraordinary scientific achievements in a wide range of fields spanning the physical, biological, ...

WASHINGTON, DC – The Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has selected six papers published by PNAS in 2025 to receive the Cozzarelli Prize, an award that ...

WASHINGTON — Neil H. Shubin, Robert R. Bensley Distinguished Service Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy and vice dean for academic advancement at the University of Chicago, has been elected ...

The landscape of scientific research is changing faster than ever, and the 163rd NAS Annual Meeting Research Briefings will give you a front-row seat to the latest discoveries shaping our world. From ...

Monica Bertagnolli, former director of the National Institutes of Health, has been elected by members of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) as the Academy’s next president. Beginning July 1, 2026, ...