National Academy of Sciences

As advisors to the nation, we recognize and advance outstanding science for the benefit of society. Journals: @PNASNexus, @PNASNews | President: @Marcia4Science

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We are now accepting nominations for the 2027 NAS Awards! We will honor scientists who have made pioneering contributions to a wide range of fields, including #solarphysics, #computerscience, #microbiology, and more.🏅

Who will you nominate? #NASaward https://t.co/j6tDMssjm4

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Awarded biennially, the NAS Award for Chemistry in Service to Society honors contributions to #chemistry that satisfy a societal need. In 2027, the award will recognize a chemist working in industry. Learn more and nominate today! https://t.co/Tyon9RSrPA #NASaward

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@NobelPrize Thank you to our co-host, the @Smithsonian Institution, and our sponsors, @schmidtsciences and the @KavliFoundation, for making the day possible. ✨

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Yesterday, the NAS and @Smithsonian co-hosted "Revolutions in Science," a day-long look at what discoveries might define America's next 250 years. Nobel laureates, innovators, and emerging researchers gathered in conversation about where science goes next. A few highlights 📸🧵

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@NobelPrize Looking ahead, Jennifer Lewis, Sara Walker, Huda Zoghbi, and Maria Zuber explored where today's challenges meet tomorrow's opportunities. The program closed with Harvey Fineberg's reflections on imagination's role in the next chapter of American science. #NASmember

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In a new @ScienceMagazine editorial, NAS President-elect @NeilShubin reflects on the Academy's 1863 founding by Lincoln and Congress during the Civil War, and why that same long-term investment in knowledge matters just as much today. https://t.co/mpQWpj9dX3

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Scientists and filmmakers are teaming up through the Academy's @SciEntExchange program to improve how science is portrayed in movies and TV and make stories more accurate, diverse, and compelling. Read more about the program in @TheScientistLLC: https://t.co/COBOsn0y8j

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Join us online today for “Revolutions in Science: Discovery, Imagination, and the Future,” hosted by the NAS and @Smithsonian Institution.

Watch here: https://t.co/5eISqqj7MX

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Tomorrow, we're convening leading researchers, innovators, and thinkers to explore how discovery, imagination, and public support have shaped American science — and what it will take to sustain it.

Watch online: https://t.co/zNd1k6kfXz

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Each year, we honor creative and influential research in the areas of combinatorial and discrete optimization, or related parts of #computerscience, with the Michael and Sheila Held Prize. Who will be honored next year? Nominate someone today! #NASaward

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For International Women in Engineering Day, explore how robotics pioneer Lydia Kavraki is shaping the future of human-robot collaboration. Her #NAS163 Research Briefing traces the computational foundations of safer and smarter autonomous systems: https://t.co/Gsb1KBoshT #INWED26

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#NASmember Ed Miles studied the oceans not just as ecosystems, but as shared global systems that require cooperation to sustain. His work helped shape how we think about climate adaptation & governing the world’s “global commons.” Read more: https://t.co/c5YOZWcTR3 #MemoirMonday

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Do you know an early-career researcher who has made an unusual achievement and furthered empirical research with in the broad spectrum of experimental #psychology? Nominate them for a 2027 Troland Research Award! Learn more: https://t.co/T715Kw5hAU

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On June 24, join @usc.edu cosmologist Kris Pardo for a Distinctive Voices lecture on how we can measure gravitational waves—tiny ripples in spacetime that have opened up an entirely new way to study our Universe. 🌌 Register to attend online or in person: https://t.co/9PtkRWCtGO

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For 50 years, the NAS Award in Molecular Biology has recognized outstanding young biologists—many of whom have gone on to receive major scientific honors, including 15 Nobel Prizes. Who will win the prize in 2027? Nominate today!🦠 https://t.co/YWB8rHrRZb #NASaward

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How will scientific discovery shape America’s next 250 years? Join leaders across science, engineering, medicine, & technology for “Revolutions in Science: Discovery, Imagination, and the Future” on June 25, hosted by the NAS and Smithsonian Institution: https://t.co/5eISqqj7MX

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Archaeologist and #NASmember Jim Allen helped reshape how we understand the peopling of Australia, New Guinea, and the Pacific, revealing deep and ancient networks of movement and exchange across vast oceans and landscapes. Read more: https://t.co/ip4SKAk7ca #MemoirMonday

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"Taking this job is a bet, or maybe a hope, that the best science will drive the conversation over the long run." Incoming NAS President @NeilShubin spoke with @nytimes about the state of American science and his hopes for his five-year term as president: https://t.co/cBEz62pyUG

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Metal-organic frameworks have revolutionized materials science with applications ranging from separations to sustainability. A @PNASNews profile highlights the incredible contributions of 2025 Nobel Laureates in Chemistry, including #NASmember Omar Yaghi: https://t.co/HyywtP8ZQa