The Board on Human-Systems Integration (BOHSI) brings together experts to improve understanding of how people and organizational systems interact with technology. It identifies critical issues in ...

Co-founder and Chief Scientist, Hesperos, Inc., Founding Director of the NanoScience Technology Center, Professor of Nanoscience Technology, and Electrical Engineering at the University of Central ...

The Human and Sociotechnical Systems Research (HSSR) Program at NSI focuses on the study of people interacting with technologies to design systems that are ethical, effective, safe, and usable. By ...

While it is easy to think of weapons when you think of military systems, truly, the heart system of every military is its people. The focus of the U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory’s Human ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

When the Human Genome Project mapped and sequenced the entire set of DNA instructions in a human cell—a 13-year, $2.7 billion global endeavor that completed in 2003—it produced one of humanity’s ...

Sometimes, it feels like we straddle the fence between simplicity and complexity. At times, a reductionist perspective helps with everything from defining perspective to granular decision-making. Yet, ...

For the first time, scientists have successfully created a type of mouse with a 100% functional human immune system and human-like gut microbiome. This 'humanized' mouse takes the guesswork out of ...