For the purposes of this Perspective, we put forth the framework outlined by Lang and colleagues, which conceptualizes transdisciplinary research as an interface practice, whereby the interface allows for real-world problems to trigger scientific inquiry and mutual and joint learning between science and society.
The evidence in support of this prediction triggered the scientific equivalent of an Easter egg hunt among chemists and physicists around the world.
After all, discarding final causes from physical science, and focusing on how rather than why things happen, triggered the scientific revolution.
The growing global demand for food, fibers and energy has triggered a scientific and political debate on how to attain increasing land productivity without further degrading soils.
More than 20 years ago, in a study that triggered both scientific and cultural controversy, the molecular biologist offered the first direct evidence of a "gay gene," by identifying a stretch on the X chromosome likely associated with homosexuality.
Severe deterioration of waters at that time raised remarkable public concern and triggered expanding scientific interest (Vollenweider 1970, Officer and Ryther 1980, Vollenweider and Kerekes 1980, Nixon 1995, Dokulil and Teubner 2011, Jeppesen et al. 2005).
Greek texts reentered Europe in the fifteenth century, triggering a scientific Renaissance.
The need for cost reductions has triggered systematic and scientific approaches to accuracy in production especially with thin plate fabrication.
The bill, which passed 28 to 22, drew widespread media coverage and triggered condemnations from scientific organizations in the state and across the country.
SIRT1, being the most extensively experimented sirtuin with regards to aging and longevity, has triggered interest in scientific communities to develop small molecule activators or drugs in amelioration of a wide range of aging disorders.
