New Books Covering Health And Medicine, NASA, and Industry And Labor
There were four books new to the NAP site this week, including Evaluation of Biomarkers and Surrogate Endpoints in Chronic Disease, a publication by the Institute of Medicine. Featured Publication Evaluation of Biomarkers and Surrogate Endpoints in Chronic Disease (prepublication) Many people naturally assume that the claims made for foods and nutritional supplements have the [...]
The science of oil spills and oil spill dispersants
While you’ve no doubt been reading plenty of news about the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, we’d like to offer you a different kind of reading: five books we’ve picked from the NAP collection that deal with the science of oil spills and oil spill dispersal. All of these books are available [...]
Four New Books With Free PDFs: Body Armor, Health Care and more…
There are four new publications on the NAP.edu site this week, all four of which have free PDFs to download. As a quick reminder, we run down the list of new publications here at Notes From NAP every Monday, and we periodically highlight books related to current events and spotlight changes and features of our [...]
7 New Books In Education, Hydrology, Climate Change & Hybrid Vehicles
Our featured publication of the new books this week is in the topic of education and has already found a good deal of popularity thanks to this article in Education Week. There’s six more books (five with free PDFs) new to nap.edu this week, dealing with subjects such as water and hydrology, testing, and conflict [...]
Earth and Life Studies Video: Landscapes On The Edge
The Division on Earth and Life Studies (DELS) has debuted a new video this week. Landscapes On The Edge: New Horizons For Research on Earth’s Surface explores how Earth’s surface processes interacted to create the landscapes of today and how changing processes will shape Earth’s surface in coming years. Dr. Dorothy Merritts describes the research [...]
Seven New Books: Reducing Sodium Intake, Obesity Prevention and more
Our big publication this week was Strategies to Reduce Sodium Intake In The United States, a report from the Institute of Medicine which received coverage in, among many others, the New York Times and time.com. That publication joins six others—five of which have free PDFs to download–new this week to nap.edu. Featured Publication Strategies to [...]
Seven New Books: Genetically Engineered Crops, Healthcare Quality, and more
Last week saw seven new books, including books in the topics of agriculture; construction: design, research, planning; health and medicine; and behavioral and social sciences. Five of the seven books also have free PDFs available to download. Featured Publication Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Sustainability in the United States (prepublication) Since genetically engineered [...]
Two New Books: Public Health Emergencies and Gulf War Veterans
There were two new publications this week, so we thought we’d give them both the featured publication treatment. If you’re looking for more books, we have plenty. Check our topics page for more in health and medicine and many other topics. The Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise: Innovative Strategies to Enhance Products from Discovery [...]
Five new books: Iraq & Afghanistan Vets, Biofuels, Cyberattacks and more
There were five new books on the NAP site this week, touching the topics of military and veterans; transportation and infrastructure; information security and privacy; industry and labor; and energy and energy conservation. Check out all of our topics for more books on all of these topics and more. Since it’s such a popular feature [...]
The Five Most Shared Books On NAP.edu
You may have noticed that there’s a new button in the group of sharing features at the top of each book page: a link to allow you to share a book on Google Buzz and/or Google Reader (you can follow NAP on Google Buzz, too). It’s one more option to make it even easier to [...]
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