Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

Russ Hobbie and I discuss magnetic stimulation in Chapter 8 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology . The technique uses a time-v...

On December 26, Gene Surdutovich and I submitted our draft of the 6th Edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology to Springer ,...

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...