Interdisciplinary Research

Interdisciplinary Research

Via Tiburtina – an interdisciplinary journey through Rome's urban landscape

Architect Hans Bjur, a professor at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and professor Barbro Santillo Frizell, director of the Swedish Institute in Rome…

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Breeding Rare Species of Interdisciplinary Scientist

“I’m not sure we’ve got anybody at the poles at the moment,” says Michael Coates, committee chairman and Professor in Organismal Biology & Anatomy. But…

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Responsible Robotics Starts with Responsible Humans: New Insights

In the current issue of journal IEEE Intelligent Systems, two engineers propose alternative laws to rewrite our future with robots.The future they foresee is…

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New Algorithm Simulates Realistic Water Sounds in Graphics

Those are some of the sounds that have been missing from computer graphic simulations of water and other fluids, according to researchers in Cornell’s…

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Advancements in Robotics: Tackling Stair-Climbing Challenges

Programmers of robots have long been challenged by the difficulty of implementing some of the simplest of human activities, such as walking up stairs or…

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How ‘Marco Polo’ Inspires Robotic Detection Innovations

Engineers from Duke University and the University of New Mexico have used the simple pursuit-evasion game “Marco Polo” to solve a complex problem — namely,…

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NANOMMUNE Project Investigates Nanomaterials’ Toxicity

The project NANOMMUNE is coordinated by Bengt Fadeel, M.D, Ph.D., at the Institute of Environmental Medicine, and will continue for 3 years. The…

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Rescue Robot Exercise Unites Innovators and First Responders

This exercise was sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate to develop performance standards for robots for use in…

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Understanding Europe's Topography: The EUROCORES programme TOPO-EUROPE kicks off

The EUROCORES programme TOPO-EUROPE (4-D Topography Evolution in Europe: Uplift, Subsidence and Sea level Change) sets out to answer these questions and many…

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Genetic Basis of Birth Defects Uncovered at Case Western Reserve

A multidisciplinary research team at Case Western Reserve University led by Gary Landreth, Ph.D., a professor in the School of Medicine's Department of…

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New Compound Stabilizes Key Tumor Suppressor Protein

Giralt, head of the Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology programme and senior professor at the University of Barcelona, explains that, “tentatively, this could…

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New Research Links Cholesterol Metabolism to Malaria Infection

The new research findings are the first to describe a molecular link between cholesterol metabolism and malaria infection, and the new data could lead to new…

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Strengthening Social Capital: Insights from SoCa Collaboration

The programme also elucidated and strengthened the concept of social capital and established an interdisciplinary research approach in the field. This is the…

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Robot With Biological Brain: New Insights Into Memory Storage

This cutting edge research is the first step to examine how memories manifest themselves in the brain, and how a brain stores specific pieces of data. The key…

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Europe and Japan Collaborate on Intelligent Robot Innovation

The great success of robots so far has been in automating repetitive tasks in process control and assembly, yielding dramatic cuts in production, but the next…

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CARS Explorer: New European Research Project in Health Innovation

CARS Explorer is a collaborative research project funded by the European Commission under the Health priority of the 7th Framework Programme. This highly…

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