Compostable electronics, bacterial communication and forced-migration prediction. These seemingly unrelated research topics have underlying similarities: they are all examples of solution-oriented ...

The ultimate goal for biology is to become a science that formulates our understanding of subcellular, cellular and multicellular systems in terms of quantitative, holistic models that are underpinned ...

A crucial component of your application to the IDPhD Program is the Statement of Interdisciplinary Research Interest (SIRI). The SIRI should be a maximum of 10 pages, long enough to give the ...

UC Irvine is in the early stages of developing what would be one of the world’s first interdisciplinary cannabis research institutes.* Former Democratic State Senator Joe Dunn, who now lectures in UCI ...

The most exciting landmark scientific achievements don’t happen without researchers sharing and collaborating with others outside their field. When people first landed on the Moon in 1969, Neil ...

A study into gender balances of interdisciplinary research teams shows that the presence of women is beneficial up to a point. Elisabeth Browning suggests ways funders and institutions can encourage ...

Scientists agree that solving some of society's greatest challenges in biomedicine such as food sustainability, aging and disease treatment will need researchers from a variety of scientific fields ...