CNS may refer to:

Science and medicine

Central nervous system The central nervous system (CNS) is the part of the nervous system consisting primarily of the brain and spinal cord. The CNS is so named because the brain integrates the received information and coordinates and influences the activity of all p ...

Clinical nurse specialist A clinical nurse specialist (CNS) is an advanced practice nurse who can provide advice related to specific conditions or treatment pathways. According to the International Council of Nurses (ICN), an Advanced Practice Nurse is a registered nurse w ...

* Coagulase-negative staphylococcus * Connectedness to nature scale *

Conserved non-coding sequence A conserved non-coding sequence (CNS) is a DNA sequence of noncoding DNA that is evolutionarily conserved. These sequences are of interest for their potential to regulate gene production. CNSs in plants and animals are highly associated with tra ...

of DNA *

Crigler–Najjar syndrome Crigler–Najjar syndrome is a rare inherited disorder affecting the metabolism of bilirubin, a chemical formed from the breakdown of the heme in red blood cells. The disorder results in a form of nonHemolysis, hemolytic jaundice, which results i ...

* Crystallography and NMR system, a software library * Color Naming System * CNS (DNS server), Caching Name Server, a DNS server software product

Military

* CNS (chemical weapon), a mixture of chloroacetophenone, chloropicrin and chloroform *

Chief of the Naval Staff (disambiguation) Chief of the Naval Staff is the formal title for the office of: * Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy * Chief of Naval Staff (Bangladesh) * Chief of Naval Staff (Ghana) * Chief of Naval Staff (Nigeria) * Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan) * ...

, in several countries * Former Taiwanese navy ship prefix

Education

* Cicero-North Syracuse High School, New York, US * City of Norwich School, England * Computation and Neural Systems, a Caltech program

Organisations

Canadian Nuclear Society The Canadian Nuclear Society (CNS) is a not-for-profit organization representing individuals contributing to, or otherwise supporting, nuclear science and engineering in Canada. Since 2017, the group has invested in the development of small modul ...

Congress of Neurological Surgeons The Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) is a professional association representing neurosurgeons, neurosurgical residents, medical students, and allied health professionals. History World War II produced a dramatic change in the world of ne ...

* US Corporation for National Service, later

Corporation for National and Community Service AmeriCorps (officially the Corporation for National and Community Service or CNCS) is an independent agency of the United States government that engages more than five million Americans in service through a variety of stipended volunteer work prog ...

Council for National Security The Council for National Security ( th, คณะมนตรีความมั่นคงแห่งชาติ; ) or CNS ( th, คมช.), formerly known as the Council for Democratic Reform ( th, คณะปฏิรูปการป ...

, 2006 military of Thailand * Szekler National Council (), Romania *

Chinese Nuclear Society The Chinese Nuclear Society (CNS; ) is a non-profit organization representing individuals contributing to and supporting nuclear science, nuclear technology and nuclear engineering in China. Objectives It was established in 1980. Its objectiv ...

Media

Catholic News Service Catholic News Service (CNS) is an American news agency owned by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) that reports on the Catholic Church. The agency's domestic service is set to shut down at the end of 2022, but its Rome bur ...

* China News Service *

CNSNews The Media Research Center (MRC), formerly known as Culture and Media Institute (CMI), is an American conservative content analysis and media watchdog group based in Reston, Virginia, and founded in 1987 by L. Brent Bozell III. The CMI promoted ...

, formerly Cybercast News Service

Other

* Cairns International Airport, IATA code *

Chateau Neuf Spelemannslag (CNS), more commonly known as simply Chateau Neuf, is a Norwegian folk music band that is experimenting with different musical styles. The band was formed in 1994 at the University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; ...

, Norwegian folk music group *

Chinese National Standards The National Standards of the Republic of China (CNS, ) is the national standard of Taiwan, officially the Republic of China. These standards were established in 1946, and administered by the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection ("BSMI") o ...

* Communication, navigation and surveillance, in air traffic management *

Custody Notification Service A Custody Notification Service (CNS), sometimes referred to as a Custody Notification Scheme, is a 24-hour legal advice and support telephone hotline for any Indigenous Australian person brought into custody, connecting them with lawyers from th ...