Interdisciplinary Research

News and developments from the field of interdisciplinary research.

Among other topics, you can find stimulating reports and articles related to microsystems, emotions research, futures research and stratospheric research.

Synaptic transistor learns while it computes

It doesn't take a Watson to realize that even the world's best supercomputers are staggeringly inefficient and energy-intensive machines.Our brains have…

Common bias known as the 'endowment effect' not present in hunter-gatherer societies

The fields of psychology and behavioral economics have experimentally identified a laundry list of common biases that cause people to act against their own…

Using sound waves for remote bomb detection

That capability – never before reported in a remote bomb detection system – was described in a paper by Vanderbilt engineer Douglas Adams presented at the…

Two-legged Robots Learn to Walk like a Human

Teaching two-legged robots a stable, robust “human” way of walking – this is the goal of the international research project “KoroiBot” with scientists from…

Researcher controls colleague’s motions in 1st human brain-to-brain interface

Using electrical brain recordings and a form of magnetic stimulation, Rajesh Rao sent a brain signal to Andrea Stocco on the other side of the UW campus,…

Survey highlights barriers to interdisciplinary environmental science

Efforts to promote interdisciplinary research that addresses complex interactions between humans and their environment have become commonplace in recent years,…

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