# research (investigation)

work that searches for information by interaction with matter in a system

- Computed level: L7 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: operation  ·  Arena: research

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [work](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-work.effort), [search](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-search.action), [information](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-information.knowledge), [interaction](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-interaction.process), [matter](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-matter.substance), [system](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-system.organized)

**Through:** Effortful searching gathers knowledge through interaction with matter within an organized system.

**Novel properties:**
- discovery of unknown patterns
- structured empirical inquiry
- generation of testable knowledge

## Examples
- The Large Hadron Collider at CERN collides protons to detect subatomic particles like the Higgs boson. *(physics)*
- The Human Genome Project mapped all 3.2 billion base pairs of human DNA between 1990 and 2003. *(biology)*
- Google’s PageRank algorithm analyzed hyperlink structures to rank web pages by relevance in 1998. *(computing)*

## Used by
- [university](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-university.education) (L8)

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*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*