News tagged with interactions

We need to talk: How cells communicate to activate notch

During formation of multi-cellular organisms, cells need to talk to each other to make critical decisions as to what kind of cell to become, as well as when and where to become that cell type. The Notch signaling system allows ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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The shape of things, illuminated: Metamaterials, surface topology and light-matter interactions

(Phys.org) -- Finding new connections between different disciplines leads to new – and sometimes useful – ideas. That’s exactly what happened when scientists in the Department of Physics, Queens College, ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 28, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast feature

Scientists design indoor navigation system for blind

University of Nevada, Reno computer science engineering team Kostas Bekris and Eelke Folmer presented their indoor navigation system for people with visual impairments at two national conferences in the past ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Positive words: the glue to social interaction

(Phys.org) -- Scientists at ETH Zurich have studied the use of language, finding that words with a positive emotional content are more frequently used in written communication. This result supports the theory that social ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

World's best measurement of W boson mass tests Standard Model, Higgs boson limits

(PhysOrg.com) -- Just as firemen use different methods to narrow the location of a person trapped in a building, scientists employ two techniques to find the hiding place of the theorized Higgs particle: direct ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (26) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Energy in action: For two molecules on blind date, new method predicts potential for attraction or repulsion

(Phys.org) -- Krzysztof Szalewicz, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Delaware, and Rafal Podeszwa of the University of Silesia Institute of Chemistry in Poland have developed and validated ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Holodesk prototype puts life in computers (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A research project at Microsoft Research Cambridge has brought forth a prototype called Holodesk, which lets you manipulate virtual objects with your hand. You literally "get your hands on" ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (22) | comments 12 | with audio podcast report

Research duo calculate possible number of WIMPs striking our bodies

(Phys.org) -- Katherine Freese and Christopher Savage from the University of Michigan and Stockholm University respectively have embarked on a whimsical bit of physics research. They’ve been estimating ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (12) | comments 9 | with audio podcast report

Female bonobos use homosexual sex to increase social status

(PhysOrg.com) -- Female bonobos (Pan paniscus) often form strong bonds with other females, and these bonds affect their position in the social hierarchy. Scientists from St Andrews University in the UK loo ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (11) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Scientists document fragile land-sea ecological chain

(Phys.org) -- Douglas McCauley and Paul DeSalles did not set out to discover one of the longest ecological interaction chains ever documented. But that's exactly what they and a team of researchers – ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers present a shiny new tool for imaging biomolecules

At the heart of the immune system that protects our bodies from disease and foreign invaders is a vast and complex communications network involving millions of cells, sending and receiving chemical signals ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Astrophysicists report first simulation to create a Milky Way-like galaxy

(PhysOrg.com) -- After nine months of number-crunching on a powerful supercomputer, a beautiful spiral galaxy matching our own Milky Way emerged from a computer simulation of the physics involved in galaxy ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (13) | comments 45 | with audio podcast

A classic model for ecological stability revised, 40 years later

A famous mathematical formula which shook the world of ecology 40 years ago has been revisited and refined by two University of Chicago researchers in the current issue of Nature.

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 19, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

New equation predicts molecular forces in hydrophobic interactions

The physical model to describe the hydrophobic interactions of molecules has been a mystery that has challenged scientists and engineers since the 19th century. Hydrophobic interactions are central to explaining ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Monkeys with larger friend networks have more gray matter

New research in the UK on rhesus macaque monkeys has found for the first time that if they live in larger groups they develop more gray matter in parts of the brain involved in processing information on social ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Interaction

Interaction is a kind of action that occurs as two or more objects have an effect upon one another. The idea of a two-way effect is essential in the concept of interaction, as opposed to a one-way causal effect. A closely related term is interconnectivity, which deals with the interactions of interactions within systems: combinations of many simple interactions can lead to surprising emergent phenomena. Interaction has different tailored meanings in various sciences. All systems are related and interdependent. Every action has a consequence.

Casual examples of interaction outside of science include:

For more information about Interaction, read the full article at Wikipedia.
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