It is the highest recognition the nation can bestow on scientists and engineers Established by the U.S. Congress in 1959, the National Medal of Science is the highest possible recognition bestowed on ...

The event also featured the awarding of the National ... Medals of Science on October 18. The medals-the United States' highest scientific honor-were given to seven men and one woman. The event also ...

Arati Prabhakar, Ph.D., Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), awards Teresa Kaye Woodruff the National Medal of Science during an awards ceremony at the ...