The methods and theoretical repertoire of the biomedical sciences are undergoing rapid change fuelled, first and foremost, by advances in genomics and molecular biology. At the same time, social and environmental phenomena ...

Recent developments in molecular biology and the neurosciences on body–environment interaction and interdependence have led the natural sciences to prominently challenge the social sciences to refurbish some of the central ...

Infrastrukturen waren lange Zeit Untersuchungs- und Gestaltungsobjekte der technischen Disziplinen. Zwar vermitteln Infrastrukturen „reflection and action upon the world“ und sind somit häufig unmittelbar verwickelt in das ...

Cardiovascular diseases present the leading cause of death worldwide. Over the last decade, their preventio has become not only a central medical and public health issue but also a matter of political concern as well as a ...