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Action potential explains Hodgkin–Huxley model. Activate to inspect this relation.Action potential is a Membrane potential. Activate to inspect this relation.Action potential requires Ion channel. Activate to inspect this relation.Action potential is part of Neuron. Activate to inspect this relation.Conformational change is analogous to Protein folding. Activate to inspect this relation.Diffusion is derived from Brownian motion. Activate to inspect this relation.Diffusion is analogous to Energy transfer. Activate to inspect this relation.Electrophysiology recording measures Action potential. Activate to inspect this relation.Epidemic spread is analogous to Diffusion. Activate to inspect this relation.Gas exchange is a Diffusion. Activate to inspect this relation.Ion channel is part of Lipid bilayer. Activate to inspect this relation.Ion channel requires Conformational change. Activate to inspect this relation.Membrane potential depends on Ion channel. Activate to inspect this relation.Membrane transport enables Action potential. Activate to inspect this relation.Molecular motor constrains Brownian motion. Activate to inspect this relation.Molecular motor requires Conformational change. Activate to inspect this relation.Myelination enables Action potential. Activate to inspect this relation.Osmosis applies to Lipid bilayer. Activate to inspect this relation.Osmosis is a Diffusion. Activate to inspect this relation.Patch clamp measures Ion channel. Activate to inspect this relation.Plasma membrane enables Diffusion. Activate to inspect this relation.Single-molecule spectroscopy measures Conformational change. Activate to inspect this relation.Spiking neural network models Action potential. Activate to inspect this relation.DiffusionGas exchangeOsmosisEpidemic spreadEnergy transferBrownian motionPlasma membraneLipid bilayerMolecular motorIon channelConformational changeAction potentialMembrane potentialPatch clampProtein foldingSingle-molecule spectroscopyHodgkin–Huxley modelNeuronElectrophysiology recordingMembrane transportMyelinationSpiking neural network
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15 concepts viewed through this lens. Bridge concepts connect this view to Biochemistry, Biology, Cell Biology, Engineering….

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22 concepts23 relationships17 disciplines6 relation families

At a glance

The spreading of something from where it is dense to where it is sparse.

Disciplines
Physics · Chemistry · Sociology · Statistical Physics · Environmental Engineering · Environmental Science · Biophysics
Role in the graph
Cross-disciplinary bridge — reaches Biology, Cell Biology, Engineering, Epidemiology, Network Science, Nutrition Science, Physiology, Public Health
Relationships
6 · 4 relation families
Mental models
3

What am I looking at?

In this lens (15)

Bridge concepts (12)

Just outside the lens — they connect it to other context.

Insights from this view

Structural observations about the concepts shown here — descriptions of this graph, not claims about the world.

  • This view connects 17 disciplines: Biology, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Epidemiology, Network Science, Neuroinformatics, Neuroscience, Nutrition Science, Physics, Physiology, Public Health, Sociology, Statistical Physics.
  • Diffusion is a bridge concept — viewed here through Biophysics, Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Physics, Sociology, Statistical Physics.
  • The connections here span 6 relation families.
  • Diffusion explains 4 concepts in this view (Biology, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Epidemiology, Network Science, Physics, Physiology, Public Health, Sociology, Statistical Physics).

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The focused concept’s relationships. Pick another concept in the graph above to update this list.

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By discipline

ChemistryBiologyPhysicsMathematicsComputer ScienceGeologyMineralogyEconomics

By thinking pattern

Bayesian updatingCause and effectCompoundingConservationConstraintsDefense in depthDiffusion & spreadEmergenceEnergy transformationEntropy & irreversibilityEquilibriumFeedback loopIncentivesInformationLevels & hierarchyModularityNetworksOptimizationOscillationProbabilityRecursion & self-similarityScaleSignal vs noiseSource–pathway–receptorStocks and flowsSymmetry & invarianceThresholds & tipping pointsTrade-offsTriangulationVariation & selectionWaves

By journey

From a Leaf to the ClimateWhy Music Moves UsHow Machines LearnReasoning about a Leaf and the Climate

Concept collections

Concept collections are curated lenses onto the fabric — themed sets of ideas that recur across disciplines. They are not journeys; they are a way to read the graph.

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What this is

Start from one concept and expand outward. The view never shows everything at once — click a node to refocus, filter by relationship type, or switch to an accessible list.

One fabric

3750 concepts and 5051 typed relations form one connected component — no isolated silo.

How to read it

Focus a concept, or apply a lens (discipline, mental model, journey) to see only the threads that matter.