Category archives: Humanities & Social Sciences

MI weekly selection #26

MI weekly selection #26

Humanities & Social SciencesScienceTechnologyWeekly Selection

By César Tomé

Hope springs eternal: “Pandora’s Promise” and the truth about nuclear energy So why would environmentalists of all people support nuclear power? What changed these people’s minds? Two things, primarily. The Curious Wavefuntion Making and Breaking Compulsive Behaviour When scientists have scanned the brains of people with obsessive-compulsive disorder, they’ve seen more neural activity in areas […]

MI weekly selection #24

MI weekly selection #24

Humanities & Social SciencesScienceTechnologyWeekly Selection

By César Tomé

Graphene shown to produce ultrashort laser pulses Researchers have discovered that graphene can absorb light over a broad range of wavelengths, allowing it to be used to create ultrashort laser pulses of color. The discovery could mean that graphene, a thin, strong conductive material, could be used to create small, economical ultrashort-pulse lasers used in […]

Ownership control, transnational corporations and financial power

Ownership control, transnational corporations and financial power

Economics

By Nacho Álvarez Peralta

Power has always been an issue of particular importance for the social sciences, in general, and for Political Economy in particular. Many studies in this field, from different approaches, have wondered about the nature, structure and sources of power. Particularly noteworthy are those authors –such us Susan Strange, Stephen Gill of Ulrich Beck– who have […]