163 Ebooks by Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Benchmarking the Research Competitiveness of the United States in Chemistry: Future of U.S. Chemistry Research
Chemistry plays a key role in conquering diseases, solving energy problems, addressing environmental problems, providing the discoveries that lead to new industries, and developing new materials and …
PDF
English
DRM
€54.36
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: International Benchmarking of U.S. Chemical Engineering Research Competitiveness
More than $400 billion worth of products rely on innovations in chemistry. Chemical engineering, as an academic discipline and profession, has enabled this achievement. In response to growing …
PDF
English
DRM
€63.19
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Defeating Improvised Explosive Devices: Basic Research to Interrupt the IED Delivery Chain: Countering the Threat of Improvised Explosive Devices
Attacks in London, Madrid, Bali, Oklahoma City and other places indicate that improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are among the weapons of choice of terrorists throughout the world. Scientists and …
PDF
English
DRM
€24.86
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Full-System Testing and Evaluation of Personal Protection Equipment Ensembles in Simulated Chemical-Warfare Environments: Soldier Protective Clothing and Equipment
There is an ongoing need to test and ensure effectiveness of personal protective equipment that soldiers use to protect themselves against chemical warfare agents. However, testing using human …
PDF
English
DRM
€47.76
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Protecting Building Occupants and Operations from Biological and Chemical Airborne Threats
Protecting buildings and their occupants from biological and chemical attacks to ensure continuous building operations is seen as an urgent need in the Department of Defense, given recent …
PDF
English
DRM
€42.23
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Framework for Assessing the Health Hazard Posed by Bioaerosols
Biological warfare agent (BWA) detectors are designed to provide alerts to military personnel of the presence of dangerous biological agents. Detecting such agents promptly makes it possible to …
PDF
English
DRM
€30.07
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Benchmarking the Competitiveness of the United States in Mechanical Engineering Basic Research
Mechanical engineering is critical to the design, manufacture, and operation of small and large mechanical systems throughout the U.S. economy. This book highlights the main findings of a …
PDF
English
DRM
€36.16
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Test and Evaluation of Biological Standoff Detection Systems
A biological warfare agent (BWA) is a microorganism, or a toxin derived from a living organism, that causes disease in humans, plants, or animals or that causes the deterioration of material. The …
PDF
English
DRM
€17.44
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Bioinspired Chemistry for Energy
Faced with the steady rise in energy costs, dwindling fossil fuel supplies, and the need to maintain a healthy environment – exploration of alternative energy sources is essential for meeting energy …
PDF
English
DRM
€25.08
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on the Review of the Basic Energy Sciences Catalysis Science Program: Catalysis for Energy
This book presents an in-depth analysis of the investment in catalysis basic research by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) Catalysis Science Program. Catalysis …
PDF
English
DRM
€39.99
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Strengthening High School Chemistry Education Through Teacher Outreach Programs
A strong chemical workforce in the United States will be essential to the ability to address many issues of societal concern in the future, including demand for renewable energy, more advanced …
PDF
English
DRM
€25.10
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Laboratory Design, Construction, and Renovation
Laboratory facilities are complex, technically sophisticated, and mechanically intensive structures that are expensive to build and to maintain. Hundreds of decisions must be made before and during …
EPUB
English
DRM
€53.90
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Grand Challenges for Sustainability in the Chemical Industry: Sustainability in the Chemical Industry
Through innovative design, creation, processing, use, and disposal of substances, the chemical industry plays a major role in advancing applications to support sustainability in a way that will allow …
EPUB
English
DRM
€62.87
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Test and Evaluation of Biological Standoff Detection Systems
A biological warfare agent (BWA) is a microorganism, or a toxin derived from a living organism, that causes disease in humans, plants, or animals or that causes the deterioration of material. The …
EPUB
English
DRM
€25.62
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Prudent Practices in the Laboratory: An Update: Prudent Practices in the Laboratory
Prudent Practices in the Laboratory–the book that has served for decades as the standard for chemical laboratory safety practice–now features updates and new topics. This revised edition has an …
PDF
English
DRM
€116.00
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Health Sciences Policy: BioWatch and Public Health Surveillance
Following the attacks of September 11, 2001 and the anthrax letters, the ability to detect biological threats as quickly as possible became a top priority. In 2003 the Department of Homeland Security …
PDF
English
DRM
€58.81
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Strengthening High School Chemistry Education Through Teacher Outreach Programs
A strong chemical workforce in the United States will be essential to the ability to address many issues of societal concern in the future, including demand for renewable energy, more advanced …
EPUB
English
DRM
€35.90
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 …
PDF
English
DRM
€37.25
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Promoting Safe and Secure Chemical Management in Developing Countries: Promoting Chemical Laboratory Safety and Security in Developing Countries
There is growing concern about the possible use of toxic industrial chemicals or other hazardous chemicals by those seeking to perpetrate acts of terrorism. The U.S. Chemical Security Engagement …
PDF
English
DRM
€38.95
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 …
EPUB
English
DRM
€54.29
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Promoting Safe and Secure Chemical Management in Developing Countries: Promoting Chemical Laboratory Safety and Security in Developing Countries
There is growing concern about the possible use of toxic industrial chemicals or other hazardous chemicals by those seeking to perpetrate acts of terrorism. The U.S. Chemical Security Engagement …
EPUB
English
DRM
€56.23
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications: Transforming Combustion Research through Cyberinfrastructure
Combustion has provided society with most of its energy needs for millenia, from igniting the fires of cave dwellers to propelling the rockets that traveled to the Moon. Even in the face of climate …
PDF
English
DRM
€35.64
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: International Benchmarking of U.S. Chemical Engineering Research Competitiveness
More than $400 billion worth of products rely on innovations in chemistry. Chemical engineering, as an academic discipline and profession, has enabled this achievement. In response to growing …
EPUB
English
DRM
€90.46
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Benchmarking the Research Competitiveness of the United States in Chemistry: Future of U.S. Chemistry Research
Chemistry plays a key role in conquering diseases, solving energy problems, addressing environmental problems, providing the discoveries that lead to new industries, and developing new materials and …
EPUB
English
DRM
€75.45
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Revealing Chemistry through Advanced Chemical Imaging: Visualizing Chemistry
Scientists and engineers have long relied on the power of imaging techniques to help see objects invisible to the naked eye, and thus, to advance scientific knowledge. These experts are constantly …
EPUB
English
DRM
€82.88
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Preparing Chemists and Chemical Engineers for a Globally Oriented Workforce
Globalization"the flow of people, goods, services, capital, and technology across international borders"is significantly impacting the chemistry and chemical engineering professions. …
EPUB
English
DRM
€36.24
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on the Review of Existing and Potential Standoff Explosives Detection Techniques: Existing and Potential Standoff Explosives Detection Techniques
Existing and Potential Standoff Explosives Detection Techniques examines the scientific techniques currently used as the basis for explosives detection and determines whether other techniques might …
EPUB
English
DRM
€60.28
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Water and Sustainable Development
Experts in the areas of water science and chemistry from the government, industry, and academic arenas discussed ways to maximize opportunities for these disciplines to work together to develop and …
EPUB
English
DRM
€48.63
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Scientific Assessment of Bullet Lead Elemental Composition Comparison: Forensic Analysis
Since the 1960s, testimony by representatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in thousands of criminal cases has relied on evidence from Compositional Analysis of Bullet Lead (CABL), a …
EPUB
English
DRM
€75.38
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century: Health and Medicine
The report assesses the current state of chemistry and chemical engineering within the context of drug discovery, disease diagnosis, and disease prevention. Also addressed are chemical and chemical …
EPUB
English
DRM
€35.92
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Safe Buildings Program: Review of EPA Homeland Security Efforts
The report examines the Environmental Protection Agencys three-year plan for a comprehensive response to a chemical or biological attack on a civilian or public sector facility. The report states …
EPUB
English
DRM
€57.33
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century: Information and Communications
Since publication of the National Research Council (NRC) reports on chemistry in 1985 and chemical engineering in 1988, 1, 2 dramatic advances in information technology (IT) have totally changed …
EPUB
English
DRM
€72.87
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century: Energy and Transportation
This book, also based on a workshop, assesses the current state of chemistry and chemical engineering at the interface with novel and existing forms of energy and transportation systems. The book …
EPUB
English
DRM
€54.63
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century: Environment
The report assesses the current state of chemistry and chemical engineering at the interface with environmental science, examines its interactions with related areas of science and technology, and …
EPUB
English
DRM
€72.36
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century: Materials Science and Technology
The report assesses the current state of chemistry and chemical engineering at the interface with materials science and identifies challenges for research. Recent advances are blurring the …
EPUB
English
DRM
€36.07
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Reducing the Time from Basic Research to Innovation in the Chemical Sciences
Innovation, the process by which fundamental research becomes a commercial product, is increasingly important in the chemical sciences and is changing the nature of research and development efforts …
EPUB
English
DRM
€57.36
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Testing and Evaluation of Standoff Chemical Agent Detectors: Testing and Evaluation of Standoff Chemical Agent Detectors
The report provides an independent assessment of suitable test protocols that might be useful and reliable for the testing and evaluation of standoff chemical agent detectors. The report proposes two …
EPUB
English
DRM
€57.68
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century: Beyond the Molecular Frontier
Chemistry and chemical engineering have changed significantly in the last decade. They have broadened their scope"into biology, nanotechnology, materials science, computation, and advanced …
EPUB
English
DRM
€60.64
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century: National Security and Homeland Defense
This is the first report of seven in the Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century series. The report is based on discussions and presentations at a workshop, and is intended to help …
EPUB
English
DRM
€52.84
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Carbon Management
Considerable international concerns exist about global climate change and its relationship to the growing use of fossil fuels. Carbon dioxide is released by chemical reactions that are employed to …
EPUB
English
DRM
€82.91
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Women in the Chemical Workforce
For a period of history no women worked outside the home. Bust as years have gone by and society has changed, Women are working varying jobs every day. They are, however, underrepresented in some …
EPUB
English
DRM
€61.92
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Radioactive Waste Management: Alternatives for High-Level Waste Salt Processing at the Savannah River Site
The Second World War introduced the world to nuclear weapons and their consequences. Behind the scene of these nuclear weapons and an aspect of their consequences is radioactive waste. Radioactive …
EPUB
English
DRM
€60.79
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Graduate Education in the Chemical Sciences
Graduate Education in the Chemical Sciences is a summary of the December 1999 workshop, "Graduate Education in the Chemical Sciences: Issues for the 21st Century, "This workshop discussed …
EPUB
English
DRM
€60.77
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Assessing the Value of Research in the Chemical Sciences
This book captures the messages from a workshop that brought together research managers from government, industry, and academia to review and discuss the mechanisms that have been proposed or used to …
EPUB
English
DRM
€59.25
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on the Review of the Basic Energy Sciences Catalysis Science Program: Catalysis for Energy
This book presents an in-depth analysis of the investment in catalysis basic research by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) Catalysis Science Program. Catalysis …
EPUB
English
DRM
€56.32
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Full-System Testing and Evaluation of Personal Protection Equipment Ensembles in Simulated Chemical-Warfare Environments: Soldier Protective Clothing and Equipment
There is an ongoing need to test and ensure effectiveness of personal protective equipment that soldiers use to protect themselves against chemical warfare agents. However, testing using human …
EPUB
English
DRM
€67.85
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Framework for Assessing the Health Hazard Posed by Bioaerosols
Biological warfare agent (BWA) detectors are designed to provide alerts to military personnel of the presence of dangerous biological agents. Detecting such agents promptly makes it possible to …
EPUB
English
DRM
€43.43
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Bioinspired Chemistry for Energy
Faced with the steady rise in energy costs, dwindling fossil fuel supplies, and the need to maintain a healthy environment – exploration of alternative energy sources is essential for meeting energy …
EPUB
English
DRM
€36.20
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Defeating Improvised Explosive Devices: Basic Research to Interrupt the IED Delivery Chain: Disrupting Improvised Explosive Device Terror Campaigns
Countering the threat of improvised explosive devices (IED)s is a challenging, multilayered problem. The IED itself is just the most publicly visible part of an underlying campaign of violence, the …
EPUB
English
DRM
€36.18
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Protecting Building Occupants and Operations from Biological and Chemical Airborne Threats
Protecting buildings and their occupants from biological and chemical attacks to ensure continuous building operations is seen as an urgent need in the Department of Defense, given recent …
EPUB
English
DRM
€60.29
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Benchmarking the Competitiveness of the United States in Mechanical Engineering Basic Research
Mechanical engineering is critical to the design, manufacture, and operation of small and large mechanical systems throughout the U.S. economy. This book highlights the main findings of a …
EPUB
English
DRM
€51.55
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Defeating Improvised Explosive Devices: Basic Research to Interrupt the IED Delivery Chain: Countering the Threat of Improvised Explosive Devices
Attacks in London, Madrid, Bali, Oklahoma City and other places indicate that improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are among the weapons of choice of terrorists throughout the world. Scientists and …
EPUB
English
DRM
€36.18
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Exploring Opportunities in Green Chemistry and Engineering Education
Going green is a hot topic in both chemistry and chemical engineering. Green chemistry is the design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous …
EPUB
English
DRM
€36.47
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Assessing Vulnerabilities Related to the Nation’s Chemical Infrastructure: Terrorism and the Chemical Infrastructure
The chemical sector is a key part of the national economy and has been designated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as one of 17 sectors comprising the nation’s Critical Infrastructure. …
EPUB
English
DRM
€60.24
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Are Chemical Journals Too Expensive and Inaccessible?
On October 25-26, 2005, the Chemical Sciences Roundtable held a workshop to explore issues involving those who use and contribute to chemical literature, as well as those who publish and disseminate …
EPUB
English
DRM
€36.22
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on the Review of Testing and Evaluation Methodology for Biological Point Detectors: Review of Testing and Evaluation Methodology for Biological Point Detectors
This report examines the proposed testing methodology and facility that the Department of Defense (DOD) will use to test and evaluate the effectiveness of its detection system against biological …
EPUB
English
DRM
€25.62
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Minorities in the Chemical Workforce
This report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable presents a collection of contributed papers that report success stories for increasing diversity. The report provides background information on the …
EPUB
English
DRM
€54.72
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Radioactive Waste Management: Research and Development on a Salt Processing Alternative for High-Level Waste at the Savannah River Site
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is nearing a decision on how to process 30 million gallons of high-level radioactive waste salt solutions at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina to remove …
EPUB
English
DRM
€36.43
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Health Sciences Policy: BioWatch and Public Health Surveillance
Following the attacks of September 11, 2001 and the anthrax letters, the ability to detect biological threats as quickly as possible became a top priority. In 2003 the Department of Homeland Security …
EPUB
English
DRM
€83.65
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Chemistry in Primetime and Online
It is critical that we increase public knowledge and understanding of science and technology issues through formal and informal learning for the United States to maintain its competitive edge in …
PDF
English
DRM
€34.65
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Prudent Practices in the Laboratory: An Update: Prudent Practices in the Laboratory
Prudent Practices in the Laboratory–the book that has served for decades as the standard for chemical laboratory safety practice–now features updates and new topics. This revised edition has an …
EPUB
English
DRM
€121.81
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications: Transforming Combustion Research through Cyberinfrastructure
Combustion has provided society with most of its energy needs for millenia, from igniting the fires of cave dwellers to propelling the rockets that traveled to the Moon. Even in the face of climate …
EPUB
English
DRM
€37.69
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Research Frontiers in Bioinspired Energy: Research Frontiers in Bioinspired Energy
In May 2007, the National Academies Chemical Sciences Roundtable held a public workshop on the topic of Bioinspired Chemistry for Energy, where government, academic, and industry representatives …
PDF
English
DRM
€3.76
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Research Frontiers in Bioinspired Energy: Research Frontiers in Bioinspired Energy
In May 2007, the National Academies Chemical Sciences Roundtable held a public workshop on the topic of Bioinspired Chemistry for Energy, where government, academic, and industry representatives …
EPUB
English
DRM
€43.72
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Chemistry in Primetime and Online
It is critical that we increase public knowledge and understanding of science and technology issues through formal and informal learning for the United States to maintain its competitive edge in …
EPUB
English
DRM
€36.22
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Higher Education and Workforce: Assuring a Future U.S.-Based Nuclear and Radiochemistry Expertise
The growing use of nuclear medicine, the potential expansion of nuclear power generation, and the urgent needs to protect the nation against external nuclear threats, to maintain our nuclear weapons …
PDF
English
DRM
€3.79
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Higher Education and Workforce: Assuring a Future U.S.-Based Nuclear and Radiochemistry Expertise
The growing use of nuclear medicine, the potential expansion of nuclear power generation, and the urgent needs to protect the nation against external nuclear threats, to maintain our nuclear weapons …
EPUB
English
DRM
€66.92
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Challenges in Characterizing Small Particles
Small particles are ubiquitous in the natural and built worlds and have tremendous impact throughout. However, a lack of understanding about the properties and chemical composition of small particles …
PDF
English
DRM
€3.73
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Challenges in Characterizing Small Particles
Small particles are ubiquitous in the natural and built worlds and have tremendous impact throughout. However, a lack of understanding about the properties and chemical composition of small particles …
EPUB
English
DRM
€51.30
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology: Research Strategy for Environmental, Health, and Safety Aspects of Engineered Nanomaterials
The nanotechnology sector, which generated about $225 billion in product sales in 2009, is predicted to expand rapidly over the next decade with the development of new technologies that have new …
PDF
English
DRM
€3.78
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology: Research Strategy for Environmental, Health, and Safety Aspects of Engineered Nanomaterials
The nanotechnology sector, which generated about $225 billion in product sales in 2009, is predicted to expand rapidly over the next decade with the development of new technologies that have new …
EPUB
English
DRM
€69.96
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Role of the Chemical Sciences in Finding Alternatives to Critical Resources
The Chemical Sciences Roundtable (CSR) was established in 1997 by the National Research Council (NRC). It provides a science oriented apolitical forum for leaders in the chemical sciences to discuss …
PDF
English
DRM
€3.76
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Role of the Chemical Sciences in Finding Alternatives to Critical Resources
The Chemical Sciences Roundtable (CSR) was established in 1997 by the National Research Council (NRC). It provides a science oriented apolitical forum for leaders in the chemical sciences to discuss …
EPUB
English
DRM
€40.41
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Inherently Safer Chemical Processes: The Use of Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) at Bayer CropScience: Use and Storage of Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) at Bayer CropScience
The use of hazardous chemicals such as methyl isocyanate can be a significant concern to the residents of communities adjacent to chemical facilities, but is often an integral part of the chemical …
PDF
English
DRM
€3.80
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Inherently Safer Chemical Processes: The Use of Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) at Bayer CropScience: Use and Storage of Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) at Bayer CropScience
The use of hazardous chemicals such as methyl isocyanate can be a significant concern to the residents of communities adjacent to chemical facilities, but is often an integral part of the chemical …
EPUB
English
DRM
€66.88
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Challenges in Chemistry Graduate Education; Board on Chemical Sciences: Challenges in Chemistry Graduate Education
Chemistry graduate education is under considerable pressure. Pharmaceutical companies, long a major employer of synthetic organic chemists, are drastically paring back their research divisions to …
PDF
English
DRM
€3.80
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Challenges in Chemistry Graduate Education; Board on Chemical Sciences: Challenges in Chemistry Graduate Education
Chemistry graduate education is under considerable pressure. Pharmaceutical companies, long a major employer of synthetic organic chemists, are drastically paring back their research divisions to …
EPUB
English
DRM
€46.83
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Transforming Glycoscience
A new focus on glycoscience, a field that explores the structures and functions of sugars, promises great advances in areas as diverse as medicine, energy generation, and materials science, this …
PDF
English
DRM
€3.73
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Transforming Glycoscience
A new focus on glycoscience, a field that explores the structures and functions of sugars, promises great advances in areas as diverse as medicine, energy generation, and materials science, this …
EPUB
English
DRM
€54.31
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Determining Core Capabilities in Chemical and Biological Defense Science and Technology
The goal of the U.S. Department of Defense’s (Do D’s) Chemical and Biological Defense Program (CBDP) is to provide support and world-class capabilities enabling he U.S. Armed Forces to fight and win …
PDF
English
DRM
€3.76
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Determining Core Capabilities in Chemical and Biological Defense Science and Technology
The goal of the U.S. Department of Defense’s (Do D’s) Chemical and Biological Defense Program (CBDP) is to provide support and world-class capabilities enabling he U.S. Armed Forces to fight and win …
EPUB
English
DRM
€54.40
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Opportunities and Obstacles in Large-Scale Biomass Utilization
Based on a one-day public workshop held in Washington, DC, Opportunities and Obstacles in Large-Scale Biomass Utilization: The Role of the Chemical Sciences and Engineering Communities: A Workshop …
PDF
English
DRM
€3.78
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Opportunities and Obstacles in Large-Scale Biomass Utilization
Based on a one-day public workshop held in Washington, DC, Opportunities and Obstacles in Large-Scale Biomass Utilization: The Role of the Chemical Sciences and Engineering Communities: A Workshop …
EPUB
English
DRM
€47.20
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology: Research Progress on Environmental, Health, and Safety Aspects of Engineered Nanomaterials
Despite the increase in funding for research and the rising numbers of peer-reviewed publications over the past decade that address the environmental, health, and safety aspects of engineered …
PDF
English
DRM
€3.77
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology: Research Progress on Environmental, Health, and Safety Aspects of Engineered Nanomaterials
Despite the increase in funding for research and the rising numbers of peer-reviewed publications over the past decade that address the environmental, health, and safety aspects of engineered …
EPUB
English
DRM
€58.90
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Undergraduate Chemistry Education
Undergraduate Chemistry Education is the summary of a workshop convened in May 2013 by the Chemical Science Roundtable of the National Research Council to explore the current state of undergraduate …
PDF
English
DRM
€3.76
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Undergraduate Chemistry Education
Undergraduate Chemistry Education is the summary of a workshop convened in May 2013 by the Chemical Science Roundtable of the National Research Council to explore the current state of undergraduate …
EPUB
English
DRM
€48.82
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Technological Challenges in Antibiotic Discovery and Development
Technological Challenges in Antibiotic Discovery and Development is the summary of a workshop convened by the Chemical Sciences Roundtable in September 2013 to explore the current state of antibiotic …
PDF
English
DRM
€3.76
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Technological Challenges in Antibiotic Discovery and Development
Technological Challenges in Antibiotic Discovery and Development is the summary of a workshop convened by the Chemical Sciences Roundtable in September 2013 to explore the current state of antibiotic …
EPUB
English
DRM
€39.46
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Human-Systems Integration: Safe Science
Recent serious and sometimes fatal accidents in chemical research laboratories at United States universities have driven government agencies, professional societies, industries, and universities …
PDF
English
DRM
€3.76
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Human-Systems Integration: Safe Science
Recent serious and sometimes fatal accidents in chemical research laboratories at United States universities have driven government agencies, professional societies, industries, and universities …
EPUB
English
DRM
€54.72
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Global Movement and Tracking of Chemical Manufacturing Equipment
Dual-use applications for chemical manufacturing equipment have been recognized as a concern for many years, and export-control regulations worldwide are in place as a result. These regulations, in …
PDF
English
DRM
€3.76
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Global Movement and Tracking of Chemical Manufacturing Equipment
Dual-use applications for chemical manufacturing equipment have been recognized as a concern for many years, and export-control regulations worldwide are in place as a result. These regulations, in …
EPUB
English
DRM
€48.56
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology: Framework to Guide Selection of Chemical Alternatives
Historically, regulations governing chemical use have often focused on widely used chemicals and acute human health effects of exposure to them, as well as their potential to cause cancer and other …
PDF
English
DRM
€3.79
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology: Framework to Guide Selection of Chemical Alternatives
Historically, regulations governing chemical use have often focused on widely used chemicals and acute human health effects of exposure to them, as well as their potential to cause cancer and other …
EPUB
English
DRM
€73.92
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Industrialization of Biology
The tremendous progress in biology over the last half century – from Watson and Crick’s elucidation of the structure of DNA to today’s astonishing, rapid progress in the field of synthetic biology – …
PDF
English
DRM
€3.76
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Industrialization of Biology
The tremendous progress in biology over the last half century – from Watson and Crick’s elucidation of the structure of DNA to today’s astonishing, rapid progress in the field of synthetic biology – …
EPUB
English
DRM
€71.86
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Mesoscale Chemistry
In the last few decades great strides have been made in chemistry at the nanoscale, where the atomic granularity of matter and the exact positions of individual atoms are key determinants of …
PDF
English
DRM
€3.78
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Mesoscale Chemistry
In the last few decades great strides have been made in chemistry at the nanoscale, where the atomic granularity of matter and the exact positions of individual atoms are key determinants of …
EPUB
English
DRM
€53.90
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Science Education: Effective Chemistry Communication in Informal Environments
Chemistry plays a critical role in daily life, impacting areas such as medicine and health, consumer products, energy production, the ecosystem, and many other areas. Communicating about chemistry in …
PDF
English
DRM
€3.73
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Science Education: Effective Chemistry Communication in Informal Environments
Chemistry plays a critical role in daily life, impacting areas such as medicine and health, consumer products, energy production, the ecosystem, and many other areas. Communicating about chemistry in …
EPUB
English
DRM
€61.03
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on the Effects of Diluted Bitumen on the Environment: Spills of Diluted Bitumen from Pipelines
Diluted bitumen has been transported by pipeline in the United States for more than 40 years, with the amount increasing recently as a result of improved extraction technologies and resulting …
PDF
English
DRM
€3.78
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on the Effects of Diluted Bitumen on the Environment: Spills of Diluted Bitumen from Pipelines
Diluted bitumen has been transported by pipeline in the United States for more than 40 years, with the amount increasing recently as a result of improved extraction technologies and resulting …
EPUB
English
DRM
€60.29
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Chemical Management Toolkit Expansion: Standard Operating Procedures: Chemical Laboratory Safety and Security
The U.S. Department of State charged the Academies with the task of producing a protocol for development of standard operating procedures (SOPs) that would serve as a complement to the Chemical …
PDF
English
DRM
€3.80
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Chemical Management Toolkit Expansion: Standard Operating Procedures: Chemical Laboratory Safety and Security
The U.S. Department of State charged the Academies with the task of producing a protocol for development of standard operating procedures (SOPs) that would serve as a complement to the Chemical …
EPUB
English
DRM
€54.37
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Changing Landscape of Hydrocarbon Feedstocks for Chemical Production
A decade ago, the U.S. chemical industry was in decline. Of the more than 40 chemical manufacturing plants being built worldwide in the mid-2000s with more than $1 billion in capitalization, none …
PDF
English
DRM
€3.73
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Changing Landscape of Hydrocarbon Feedstocks for Chemical Production
A decade ago, the U.S. chemical industry was in decline. Of the more than 40 chemical manufacturing plants being built worldwide in the mid-2000s with more than $1 billion in capitalization, none …
EPUB
English
DRM
€59.91
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology: Preparing for Future Products of Biotechnology
Between 1973 and 2016, the ways to manipulate DNA to endow new characteristics in an organism (that is, biotechnology) have advanced, enabling the development of products that were not previously …
PDF
English
DRM
€3.76
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology: Preparing for Future Products of Biotechnology
Between 1973 and 2016, the ways to manipulate DNA to endow new characteristics in an organism (that is, biotechnology) have advanced, enabling the development of products that were not previously …
EPUB
English
DRM
€90.51
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Chemistry of Microbiomes
The 21st century has witnessed a complete revolution in the understanding and description of bacteria in eco- systems and microbial assemblages, and how they are regulated by complex interactions …
PDF
English
DRM
€3.77
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Chemistry of Microbiomes
The 21st century has witnessed a complete revolution in the understanding and description of bacteria in eco- systems and microbial assemblages, and how they are regulated by complex interactions …
EPUB
English
DRM
€70.78
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Reducing the Threat of Improvised Explosive Device Attacks by Restricting Access to Chemical Explosive Precursors: Reducing the Threat of Improvised Explosive Device Attacks by Restricting Access to
Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are a type of unconventional explosive weapon that can be deployed in a variety of ways, and can cause loss of life, injury, and property damage in both military …
PDF
English
DRM
€3.77
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Reducing the Threat of Improvised Explosive Device Attacks by Restricting Access to Chemical Explosive Precursors: Reducing the Threat of Improvised Explosive Device Attacks by Restricting Access to
Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are a type of unconventional explosive weapon that can be deployed in a variety of ways, and can cause loss of life, injury, and property damage in both military …
EPUB
English
DRM
€73.80
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Biodefense in the Age of Synthetic Biology
Scientific advances over the past several decades have accelerated the ability to engineer existing organisms and to potentially create novel ones not found in nature. Synthetic biology, which …
PDF
English
DRM
€3.76
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Biodefense in the Age of Synthetic Biology
Scientific advances over the past several decades have accelerated the ability to engineer existing organisms and to potentially create novel ones not found in nature. Synthetic biology, which …
EPUB
English
DRM
€97.99
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate: Environmental Engineering for the 21st Century
Environmental engineers support the well-being of people and the planet in areas where the two intersect. Over the decades the field has improved countless lives through innovative systems for …
PDF
English
DRM
€3.79
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate: Environmental Engineering for the 21st Century
Environmental engineers support the well-being of people and the planet in areas where the two intersect. Over the decades the field has improved countless lives through innovative systems for …
EPUB
English
DRM
€56.21
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Developing a Research Agenda for Utilization of Gaseous Carbon Waste Streams: Gaseous Carbon Waste Streams Utilization
In the quest to mitigate the buildup of greenhouse gases in Earths atmosphere, researchers and policymakers have increasingly turned their attention to techniques for capturing greenhouse gases such …
PDF
English
DRM
€3.76
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Developing a Research Agenda for Utilization of Gaseous Carbon Waste Streams: Gaseous Carbon Waste Streams Utilization
In the quest to mitigate the buildup of greenhouse gases in Earths atmosphere, researchers and policymakers have increasingly turned their attention to techniques for capturing greenhouse gases such …
EPUB
English
DRM
€113.33
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate: Negative Emissions Technologies and Reliable Sequestration
To achieve goals for climate and economic growth, negative emissions technologies (NETs) that remove and sequester carbon dioxide from the air will need to play a significant role in mitigating …
PDF
English
DRM
€3.76
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate: Negative Emissions Technologies and Reliable Sequestration
To achieve goals for climate and economic growth, negative emissions technologies (NETs) that remove and sequester carbon dioxide from the air will need to play a significant role in mitigating …
EPUB
English
DRM
€142.80
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Continuous Manufacturing for the Modernization of Pharmaceutical Production
On July 30-31, 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop titled Continuous Manufacturing for the Modernization of Pharmaceutical Production. This workshop …
PDF
English
DRM
€3.80
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Continuous Manufacturing for the Modernization of Pharmaceutical Production
On July 30-31, 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop titled Continuous Manufacturing for the Modernization of Pharmaceutical Production. This workshop …
EPUB
English
DRM
€82.67
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century: National Security and Homeland Defense
This is the first report of seven in the Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century series. The report is based on discussions and presentations at a workshop, and is intended to help …
PDF
English
DRM
€36.20
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Carbon Management
Considerable international concerns exist about global climate change and its relationship to the growing use of fossil fuels. Carbon dioxide is released by chemical reactions that are employed to …
PDF
English
DRM
€77.80
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century: Beyond the Molecular Frontier
Chemistry and chemical engineering have changed significantly in the last decade. They have broadened their scope"into biology, nanotechnology, materials science, computation, and advanced …
PDF
English
DRM
€40.71
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Testing and Evaluation of Standoff Chemical Agent Detectors: Testing and Evaluation of Standoff Chemical Agent Detectors
The report provides an independent assessment of suitable test protocols that might be useful and reliable for the testing and evaluation of standoff chemical agent detectors. The report proposes two …
PDF
English
DRM
€40.45
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Minorities in the Chemical Workforce
This report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable presents a collection of contributed papers that report success stories for increasing diversity. The report provides background information on the …
PDF
English
DRM
€46.73
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Women in the Chemical Workforce
For a period of history no women worked outside the home. Bust as years have gone by and society has changed, Women are working varying jobs every day. They are, however, underrepresented in some …
PDF
English
DRM
€43.77
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Reducing the Time from Basic Research to Innovation in the Chemical Sciences
Innovation, the process by which fundamental research becomes a commercial product, is increasingly important in the chemical sciences and is changing the nature of research and development efforts …
PDF
English
DRM
€40.42
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Laboratory Design, Construction, and Renovation
Laboratory facilities are complex, technically sophisticated, and mechanically intensive structures that are expensive to build and to maintain. Hundreds of decisions must be made before and during …
PDF
English
DRM
€42.97
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Graduate Education in the Chemical Sciences
Graduate Education in the Chemical Sciences is a summary of the December 1999 workshop, "Graduate Education in the Chemical Sciences: Issues for the 21st Century, "This workshop discussed …
PDF
English
DRM
€48.85
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century: Materials Science and Technology
The report assesses the current state of chemistry and chemical engineering at the interface with materials science and identifies challenges for research. Recent advances are blurring the …
PDF
English
DRM
€25.08
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Assessing the Value of Research in the Chemical Sciences
This book captures the messages from a workshop that brought together research managers from government, industry, and academia to review and discuss the mechanisms that have been proposed or used to …
PDF
English
DRM
€40.59
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century: Environment
The report assesses the current state of chemistry and chemical engineering at the interface with environmental science, examines its interactions with related areas of science and technology, and …
PDF
English
DRM
€49.77
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century: Energy and Transportation
This book, also based on a workshop, assesses the current state of chemistry and chemical engineering at the interface with novel and existing forms of energy and transportation systems. The book …
PDF
English
DRM
€37.91
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century: Information and Communications
Since publication of the National Research Council (NRC) reports on chemistry in 1985 and chemical engineering in 1988, 1, 2 dramatic advances in information technology (IT) have totally changed …
PDF
English
DRM
€50.93
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Scientific Assessment of Bullet Lead Elemental Composition Comparison: Forensic Analysis
Since the 1960s, testimony by representatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in thousands of criminal cases has relied on evidence from Compositional Analysis of Bullet Lead (CABL), a …
PDF
English
DRM
€54.26
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Safe Buildings Program: Review of EPA Homeland Security Efforts
The report examines the Environmental Protection Agencys three-year plan for a comprehensive response to a chemical or biological attack on a civilian or public sector facility. The report states …
PDF
English
DRM
€41.21
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century: Health and Medicine
The report assesses the current state of chemistry and chemical engineering within the context of drug discovery, disease diagnosis, and disease prevention. Also addressed are chemical and chemical …
PDF
English
DRM
€24.89
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on the Review of Existing and Potential Standoff Explosives Detection Techniques: Existing and Potential Standoff Explosives Detection Techniques
Existing and Potential Standoff Explosives Detection Techniques examines the scientific techniques currently used as the basis for explosives detection and determines whether other techniques might …
PDF
English
DRM
€41.17
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on the Review of Testing and Evaluation Methodology for Biological Point Detectors: Review of Testing and Evaluation Methodology for Biological Point Detectors
This report examines the proposed testing methodology and facility that the Department of Defense (DOD) will use to test and evaluate the effectiveness of its detection system against biological …
PDF
English
DRM
€17.32
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Water and Sustainable Development
Experts in the areas of water science and chemistry from the government, industry, and academic arenas discussed ways to maximize opportunities for these disciplines to work together to develop and …
PDF
English
DRM
€33.18
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Preparing Chemists and Chemical Engineers for a Globally Oriented Workforce
Globalization"the flow of people, goods, services, capital, and technology across international borders"is significantly impacting the chemistry and chemical engineering professions. …
PDF
English
DRM
€24.94
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Grand Challenges for Sustainability in the Chemical Industry: Sustainability in the Chemical Industry
Through innovative design, creation, processing, use, and disposal of substances, the chemical industry plays a major role in advancing applications to support sustainability in a way that will allow …
PDF
English
DRM
€44.92
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Are Chemical Journals Too Expensive and Inaccessible?
On October 25-26, 2005, the Chemical Sciences Roundtable held a workshop to explore issues involving those who use and contribute to chemical literature, as well as those who publish and disseminate …
PDF
English
DRM
€25.10
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Radioactive Waste Management: Alternatives for High-Level Waste Salt Processing at the Savannah River Site
The Second World War introduced the world to nuclear weapons and their consequences. Behind the scene of these nuclear weapons and an aspect of their consequences is radioactive waste. Radioactive …
PDF
English
DRM
€43.01
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee to Survey Opportunities in the Chemical Sciences: Opportunities in Chemistry
Opportunities in Chemistry is based on the contributions of hundreds of American chemists in academia and industry and should be taken as the best available consensus of the chemical community …
PDF
English
DRM
€40.81
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Radioactive Waste Management: Research and Development on a Salt Processing Alternative for High-Level Waste at the Savannah River Site
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is nearing a decision on how to process 30 million gallons of high-level radioactive waste salt solutions at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina to remove …
PDF
English
DRM
€24.72
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Assessing Vulnerabilities Related to the Nation’s Chemical Infrastructure: Terrorism and the Chemical Infrastructure
The chemical sector is a key part of the national economy and has been designated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as one of 17 sectors comprising the nation’s Critical Infrastructure. …
PDF
English
DRM
€42.56
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Revealing Chemistry through Advanced Chemical Imaging: Visualizing Chemistry
Scientists and engineers have long relied on the power of imaging techniques to help see objects invisible to the naked eye, and thus, to advance scientific knowledge. These experts are constantly …
PDF
English
DRM
€58.11
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Exploring Organic Environments in the Solar System
The sources, distributions, and transformation of organic compounds in the solar system are active study areas as a means to provide information about the evolution of the solar system and the …
PDF
English
DRM
€36.98
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on National Statistics: Measuring Respirator Use in the Workplace
Respirators are used in a variety of workplaces including emergency response, mining operations, construction, manufacturing, and hospitals. In 2001, National Institute of Occupational Safety and …
PDF
English
DRM
€24.88
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Exploring Opportunities in Green Chemistry and Engineering Education
Going green is a hot topic in both chemistry and chemical engineering. Green chemistry is the design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous …
PDF
English
DRM
€24.72
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on a Research Agenda for a New Era in Separation Science: Research Agenda for Transforming Separation Science
Separation science plays a critical role in maintaining our standard of living and quality of life. Many industrial processes and general necessities such as chemicals, medicines, clean water, safe …
EPUB
English
DRM
€61.82
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee to Identify Innovative Technologies to Advance Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: Innovations in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing on the Horizon
In 2002, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched the Pharmaceutical Quality for the 21st Century Initiative to encourage adoption of innovative technologies that would lead to an agile, …
EPUB
English
DRM
€69.06
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology: Wildland Fires: Toward Improved Understanding and Forecasting of Air Quality Impacts
Wildland fires pose a growing threat to air quality and human health. Fire is a natural part of many landscapes, but the extent of area burned and the severity of fires have been increasing, …
EPUB
English
DRM
€31.40
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Chemical Engineering in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities: New Directions for Chemical Engineering
Over the past century, the work of chemical engineers has helped transform societies and the lives of individuals, from the synthetic fertilizers that helped feed the world to the development of …
EPUB
English
DRM
€51.50
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Emerging Science on Indoor Chemistry: Why Indoor Chemistry Matters
People spend the vast majority of their time inside their homes and other indoor environments where they are exposed to a wide range of chemicals from building materials, furnishings, occupants, …
EPUB
English
DRM
€36.72
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Enhancing the U.S. Chemical Economy Through Investments in Fundamental Research in the Chemical Sciences: Importance of Chemical Research to the U.S. Economy
Chemistry plays a pivotal role in the strength of the U.S. economy and the advancement of humankind. Chemists’ achievements include life-saving pharmaceuticals, advanced energy solutions, improved …
EPUB
English
DRM
€43.04
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on the Chemistry of Urban Wildfires: Chemistry of Fires at the Wildland-Urban Interface
Wildfires in America are becoming larger, more frequent, and more destructive, driven by climate change and existing land management practices. Many of these fires occur at the wildland-urban …
EPUB
English
DRM
€41.47
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Energy and Environmental Systems: Carbon Dioxide Utilization Markets and Infrastructure
Carbon materials pervade many aspects of modern life, from fuels and building materials to consumer goods and commodity chemicals. Reaching net-zero emissions will require replacing existing …
EPUB
English
DRM
€31.68
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Advancing Chemistry and Quantum Information Science
The field of quantum information science (QIS) has witnessed a dramatic rise in scientific research activities in the 21st century as excitement has grown about its potential to revolutionize …
EPUB
English
DRM
€41.79
