Climate change and other challenges to the stability and functioning of natural and managed environmental systems are driven by increasing anthropogenic domination of the Earth. Models to forecast the ...

If the Covid-19 pandemic has shown us one thing, it is how little we really know about how the human immune system works. Despite the remarkable success in development of vaccines to prevent severe ...

The main lineages of the human immune system are established early in embryonic development and become more diverse and complex in the fetus. They comprise innate immune cells (including monocytes, ...

The Human and Sociotechnical Systems Research (HSSR) Program at NSI advances the scientific study and engineering of people interacting with technology. We design and evaluate systems that are ...

Cambridge researchers created miniature brain-and-spinal-cord systems in the lab that can send signals and even trigger tiny muscle contractions. They discovered that human neurons gradually lose ...

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 ...