Read the post As A New Congress Takes Office, Here’s How GAO Can Help Their Transition January 03, 2023 The 118th Congress is being sworn in today. While Members of Congress will take office in a time...
Read the post Machine Learning’s Potential to Improve Medical Diagnosis November 10, 2022 Diagnostic errors are some of the most common, catastrophic, and costly of medical errors, according...
Read the post Keeping the Nation’s Competitive Edge in Manufacturing October 06, 2022 U.S. manufacturing provides over 12.2 million jobs ranging from welders to chemical engineers...
Read the post Full STEM Ahead—Supporting Congressional Decisions in Science and Technology September 07, 2022 From smartphones and internet-connected home devices to the bioengineered vaccines that preserve...
Read the post Counter-Drone Technologies Could Enhance Safety and Security, but May Have Unintended Effects April 05, 2022 Uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), or “drones,” have a variety of important uses—from search and...
Read the post Blockchain: Financial and Non-Financial Uses and Challenges March 24, 2022 Markets—for example the housing market or those for commercial goods—currently rely on institutions...
Read the post Deep-Sea Mining Could Help Meet Demand for Critical Minerals, But Also Comes with Serious Obstacles December 16, 2021 Deep below the sea lay critical minerals that are both high in value and demand. These critical...
Read the post How Could Available Technology Help the U.S. Respond to Omicron? December 08, 2021 U.S. cases of COVID-19’s latest variant, Omicron, are increasingly being reported in different parts...
Read the post The Quantum Leap Hinges on Worker Skills and Supply Chain Limits October 20, 2021 Remember that Sci-Fi show Quantum Leap? In the late-1980s/early-90s, Quantum Leap predicted that (in...
Read the post Can Chemical Recycling Reduce Plastic Pollution? October 05, 2021 Images of plastic bottles washing up on beaches or found in the stomach of ocean life have helped...
Read the post COVID-19 Exposure Notification Apps Are Available. But Are They Working? September 16, 2021 As COVID-19 cases continue to surge, manual contact tracing—tracking the spread of the virus from...
Read the post Hurricane Ida Highlights Need for Enhanced Electricity Grid Resilience September 02, 2021 Hurricane Ida landed near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, on August 29, leaving at least 7 people dead and...
