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National Academy of Sciences

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noun

  1. a private organization, created by an act of Congress (1863), that furthers science and advises the U.S. government on scientific and technical issues. N.A.S., NAS


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The research appears this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 2026

Last week, the National Academy of Sciences, a Congressionally-chartered yet independent body, removed from its website a chapter on climate science from a manual for judges.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

At one point, she told Kennedy that “study after study after study” has found no link between vaccines and autism, citing findings from the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2026

Researchers from Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute and the University of Michigan reported new details about this process on June 1, 2026, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

Later that year came the award ceremony for the Comstock Prize, given every five years by the National Academy of Sciences for outstanding work in physics.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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