A recent study on what contributes to successful interdisciplinary work has found that the “emotional aspect” of such collaborations is at least as important as their intellectual aspect.  The study, by Michèle Lamont, Veronica Boix Mansilla, and Kyoko Sato, closely examined nine interdisciplinary networks funded by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, the MacArthur Foundation, and the Santa Fe Institute.  [What Makes Teams Tick  by Zara Zhang, Harvard Magazine, July-August 2016 - Illustration by Michael Witte].