National Academy Of Sciences

Definition: National Academy Of Sciences

National Academy Of Sciences

Noun

1. An honorary American society of scientists created by President Lincoln during the American Civil War.

Specialty Definitions: National Academy Of Sciences

Domain	Definitions
Agriculture	An institution created by Congress in 1863 to provide science-based advice to the government. The sister organizations associated with the Academy are the National Academy of Engineers, Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council. The Academies and the Institute are honorary societies that elect new members to their ranks each year. The bulk of the institutions' science-policy and technical work is conducted by the National Research Council (NRC), created expressly for that purpose. The NRC's Board on Agriculture addresses issues confronting agriculture, food, and related environmental topics. (NAS). (references)
Census	U.S. Government. A private, nonprofit society of scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Specialty Definition: National Academy of Sciences

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States government established corporation supporting scientific research. Its official journal is the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. As its name suggests, it is the national academy recognised by corresponding bodies in other countries for negotiations over research collaboration.

private, non-profit, self-perpetuating "society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare"
has a mandate that requires it to advise the US government on scientific and technical matters
charter granted by Congress in 1863
membership is approximately 1,900 members and 300 foreign associates -- more than 170 have won Nobel Prizes
election to academy is in recognition of achievements in original research -- considered one of the highest honors that can be accorded a scientist or engineer

The umbrella group of United States National Academies, in addition to the National Academy of Sciences, also includes

National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
Institute of Medicine (IOM)
National Research Council (NRC)

Awards

The Academy presents a number of different awards:

Engineering
- Gibbs Brothers Medal - naval architecture, marine engineering
- NAS Award in Aeronautical Engineering - aeronautical engineering

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Commercial Usage: National Academy Of Sciences

Domain	Title
Books	Cystic fibrosis : projections into the future : an international conference held at the Israel National Academy of Sciences, Jerusalem, Israel, May 25-27, 1976 (reference) Autonomy and biogenesis of mitochondria and chloroplasts; a symposium sponsored by International Union of Biochemistry, Australian Academy of Science and United States National Academy of Sciences (reference) The Integrity of frozen spermatozoa : proceedings of a round-table conference held on April 6-7, 1976, at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., under the auspices of the U.S. National Committee for the International Institute of Refrigeratio (reference) Turquois: Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences Re, and Technology, (reference) How Well Can We Assess Genetic Risks? Very Well,Lecture Given National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., Apr 8, 1981 (36P#) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America (reference) (more periodical examples)
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	Rear Admiral Charles Henry Davis Served on Coast Survey under both Ferdinand Hassler and Alexander Bache Intellectual, helped found National Academy of Sciences Brother-in-law of Benjamin Peirce.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
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Non-Fiction Usage: National Academy Of Sciences

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Health		In the June 1996 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , Gustafsson characterized two estrogen receptors, ER* and ER�. Binding to the ER is critical to the expression of genes that contribute to normal ovarian function. (references)
		In 2000, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) at the National Academy of Sciences, at the request of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the NIH, began a review of all the evidence related to the measles/mumps/rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism. (references)
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4E 61 74 69 6F 6E 61 6C 41 63 61 64 65 6D 79 4F 66 53 63 69 65 6E 63 65 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E 0061 006C 0041 0063 0061 0064 0065 006D 0079 004F 0066 0053 0063 0069 0065 006E 0063 0065 0073

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Language		Translations for "national academy of sciences"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Pig Latin		ationalnay academyay ofay iencesscay.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

National Academy Of Sciences

Definition: National Academy Of Sciences