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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 6h

🔬⚛️ How do you film atoms in motion? Tonight at 7pm PT, join Sarah B. King of @uchichemistry.bsky.social for a Distinctive Voices talk on capturing the dance of atoms and electrons, and learn how molecular “movies” reveal new design principles. Learn more & register: www.nasonline.org/event/distin...

Distinctive Voices — Molecular Cinema: Capturing the Dance of Atoms and Electrons – NAS

The adage 'a picture is worth a thousand words' motivates visualization across disciplines, but how do we capture the motion of atoms and electrons that move faster than anything we can directly obser...

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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 8h

Congratulations to #NASmember Omar M. Yaghi, who shares the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry with Susumu Kitagawa and Richard Robson for the development of metal–organic frameworks! Their discoveries may contribute to solving some of humankind’s greatest challenges. www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi...

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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 1d

The nomination period for the 2026 NAS Awards has closed.🏅 Stay tuned for our announcement of the recipients in January, and be the first to know by signing up for our Connect with Awards newsletter: www.nasonline.org/awards/conne... #NASaward

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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 1d

The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physics has been awarded to #NASmembers John Clarke and Michel H. Devoret, alongside John M. Martinis! Congratulations on this esteemed recognition of their experiments on a chip that revealed quantum physics in action. Read more: www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...

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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 2d

As new Nobel Prizes are announced this week, we remember #NASmember Ralph Steinman, whose discovery of dendritic cells reshaped #immunology. In 2011, he became one of the only people ever posthumously awarded a Nobel Prize. Read his memoir: www.nasonline.org/wp-content/u... #MemoirMonday

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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 2d

Last call to submit your nominations for the 2026 NAS Awards! The deadline is tonight at 11:59 PM ET. #NASaward

Nominate now: awards-nasonline.secure-platform.com/a/organizati...

National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 2d

Congratulations to NAS international member Shimon Sakaguchi on receiving the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine! He is honored alongside Mary E. Brunkow & Fred Ramsdell "for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance." Read more: www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic... #NASmember

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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 4d

New clues from #cosmology: Data may favor a dynamic dark energy over a fixed constant. A new study co-authored by #NASmember Joshua Frieman suggests dark energy is slowly evolving over time. 🌌 Read more:

Could Dark Energy Be Evolving Over Time?

A new study, based on years of precise data from telescopes such as the Dark Energy Survey in Chile, above, suggests that the mysterious force known as dark energy may be evolving over time rather…

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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 5d

With the 2025 @nobelprize.bsky.social announcements just around the corner, we’re reflecting on the past 25 years of #NASmembers who have received this most prestigious honor in the 21st century—and their extraordinary contributions to science & society. Read more: www.nasonline.org/news/25-year...

25 Years of Nobel Laureates: Celebrating NAS Members Awarded the Nobel Prize Since 2000 - NAS

Each October, the world turns its attention to Stockholm as the Nobel Prizes are announced. For the National Academy of Sciences, it is also a moment to celebrate our members whose groundbreaking disc...

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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 6d

Science academies from across the Americas recently met at the IANAS General Assembly to explore how to strengthen science in the region as a tool for addressing critical social, environmental, and technological challenges. 🌎 Read about their discussions: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10...

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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 6d

Time is running out to nominate for the 2026 NAS Awards! ⏲️ Submit your nominations by Monday, October 6 to help us recognize outstanding contributions to science and encourage innovative research.🏅 #NASaward

Learn more and nominate: www.nasonline.org/awards/curre...

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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 7d

Scientists across the globe devote their careers to researching breast cancer. As we celebrate #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth this October, we'll spotlight #NASmembers who have made significant contributions to advancing the study, treatment, and prevention of breast cancer.

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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 9d

In a touching new tribute, #NASmember Shoucheng Zhang is described by his colleagues as "a brilliantly creative and deep physicist, and a widely curious intellectual with an irrepressible joy in exploring all aspects of life." Read more: www.nasonline.org/wp-content/u... #MemoirMonday

Shoucheng Zhang. Oil on canvas, by Pamela Davis Kivelson (2024)

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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 10d

The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute has named a trail after #NASmember Phyllis Coley of @utah.edu in honor of her pioneering work on plant defenses and rainforest #ecology. She calls it ‘the greatest honor I could possibly receive.’ 🌿

‘Greatest honor I could possibly receive’ - @theU

The Smithsonian Tropical Institute named a trail after U biologist Phyllis Coley to celebrate her decades of research that’s driven rainforest-derived therapies and shaped our...

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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 11d

Could doing away with daylight saving time improve public health? ⏰ A new @pnas.org study finds that shifting to permanent Standard Time would lead to a decrease in the prevalence of stroke & obesity. Read a breakdown of the study in @discovermag.bsky.social:

Ditching Daylight Saving Time Could Reduce Obesity Rates and Incidents of Stroke

Turning of the clocks has been linked to an additional 2.6 million obesity cases and 300,000 strokes. Learn more about the research, which also found that night owls suffer more than morning larks…

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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 12d

#NASmember Joanna Wysocka & her lab @stanforddeptmed.bsky.social found cells that keep a speech-linked protein called FOXP2 from clumping. The discovery that could reduce protein clumping in Huntington’s disease, linking basic science to new therapies.🧬 Read more:

Behind the Science: How a ‘speech gene’ could help treat Huntington’s

Stanford Medicine researchers found cells that keep a speech-linked protein called FOXP2 from clumping; its tricks could break apart clumps of proteins that cause devastating brain diseases.

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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 13d

The deadline is approaching to nominate for the 2026 NAS Awards! Submit your nominations by Monday, October 6 to help us recognize outstanding contributions to science and encourage innovative research.🏅 #NASawards

Learn more and nominate: www.nasonline.org/awards/curre...

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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 14d

“What drives me is the chance to turn discoveries in the lab into cures that transform lives.” Vision scientist and #NASmember Krzysztof Palczewski leads @ucirvine.bsky.social's quest to cure blindness, and may have the right approach and technology to do it. Read more: news.uci.edu/2025/09/18/t...

The science of sight

Researcher Krzysztof Palczewski leads UC Irvine’s bold pursuit to cure blindness

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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 15d

A decade after the historic first detection of gravitational waves, the universe delivers again: scientists have verified Stephen Hawking’s 1971 black-hole area theorem. 🌌 Northwestern University astronomer and #NASmember Vicky Kalogera details the discovery: news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025...

Gravitational-wave detection verifies Stephen Hawking’s theorem

Ten years have passed since the historic first detection of gravitational waves

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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 16d

🍂 Happy #FirstDayofFall! Did you know Earth’s axis has a tiny “wobble”? 🌎 #NASmember Seth Carlo Chandler discovered this subtle shift, which astronomers must correct for to pin down the exact moment of equinox. Learn more in his memoir: nasonline.org/wp-content/u... #MemoirMonday

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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 17d

In just 15 years, the number of approved drugs that slow neurodegeneration has gone from zero to ten—an incredible leap forward. On #WorldAlzheimersDay, hear from #NASmember Jeffery Kelly as he explains how #chemistry is reshaping dementia care: www.youtube.com/watch?v=80A0...

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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 18d

Meet #NASmember Kyoko Nozaki, a pioneer in homogeneous catalysis, polymerization, and CO₂ activation. Her work melds deep mechanism with bold synthesis for sustainable materials and precision chemistry. Read more in a @pubs.acs.org profile: pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 19d

A University of Chicago report finds that wildfires are reversing decades of work to improve air quality standards in the U.S. & Canada. #NASmember Michael Greenstone, an author of the report, joins @CBSNews.com to break down the findings: www.cbsnews.com/video/climat... #PollutionPreventionWeek

Climate-driven wildfires reversing clean air progress in U.S. and Canada, report finds

A new report from the University of Chicago finds that climate-driven wildfires are reversing decades of work aimed at improving air quality standards in the U.S. and Canada. Michael Greenstone, an…

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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 20d

Do you know a computer scientist who contributed innovative, creative, and influential research in the areas of combinatorial and discrete optimization? 🖥️ Nominate them for the 2026 Michael and Sheila Held Prize! Learn more: www.nasonline.org/award/michae... #NASaward #computerscience

Michael and Sheila Held Prize – NAS

The Michael and Sheila Held Prize is presented annually to honor outstanding, innovative, creative, and influential research in the areas of combinatorial and discrete optimization, or related parts…

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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 21d

In a Q&A, #NASmember Steven Strogatz—a 2023 top award winner of @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org—shares his love of math, where it shows up in his everyday life, and what sparked his efforts to communicate about it.

Read here: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/08...

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