Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

In Chapter 18 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I discuss the relaxation time constants T 1 and T 2 use...

“ Radiation and the Single Cell: The Physicist's Contribution  to Radiobiology,” by Eric Hall. I like to highlight examples of scientist...

Are Electromagnetic Fields Making Me Ill? The relationship between cell phones and brain cancer is a controversial topic. Russ Hobbie and I...

Nerve, Muscle, and Synapse , by Bernard Katz. I’ve talked about Bernard Katz before in this blog , when discussing his book Nerve, Muscle, ...

The Ascent of Man , by Jacob Bronowski. One book that had a big impact on me when I was young is Jacob Bronowski ’s The Ascent of Man . The ...

Here Comes The Sun , by Bill McKibben I recently finished Bill McKibben ’s excellent book Here Comes The Sun ( McKibben and I are about th...

Mark Hallett , from the NIH Record . Readers of this blog may remember neurologist Mark Hallett , who I featured three years ago in a post ...

Today I want to discuss an experiment that led to the discovery of messenger RNA (mRNA). Why did I choose to focus on one specific experime...

Madison Stockton Spach died recently. An Instagram post by the account for the Duke Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship stated Very sad to rep...

Science Under Siege , by Michael Mann and Peter Hotez. I recently finished reading Science Under Siege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful ...