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The NAS Council expresses their shock and outrage over the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was instrumental in efforts to build Japan’s science infrastructure and its relationship with international partners. Read More»
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Nearly 600,000 people are released from state and federal prisons annually. The use of recidivism rates to evaluate post-release success ignores significant research on how and why individuals cease to commit crimes.
PNAS is one of the world’s most-cited and comprehensive multidisciplinary scientific journals, publishing more than 3,200 research papers annually. The journal’s content spans the biological, physical, and social sciences and is global in scope.
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