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

Interdisciplinary work is considered crucial by scientists, policymakers and funders — but how widespread is it really, and what impact does it have? Scholars say that the concept is complex to define ...

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 ...

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 ...