The Physics of BirdsIn this second installment of my series on the physics of native gardening, I’ll talk about the physics of birds. We get a lot of birds in…5d ago5d ago
The Physics of Native GardeningSince my retirement, I’ve started gardening with native plants. Originally this was an interest of my wife’s, but through her I became…Jan 3Jan 3
The Cyclotron Resonance HypothesisWant a sneak peek at one of the new homework problems tentatively included in the 6th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and…Dec 27, 2024Dec 27, 2024
Electromagnetic HypersensitivityWhat is electromagnetic hypersensitivity? It’s an alleged condition in which a person is especially sensitive to weak radiofrequency…Dec 13, 2024Dec 13, 2024
J. Patrick Reilly (1937–2024)J. Patrick Reilly died on October 28 in Silver Spring, Maryland, at the age of 87. He was a leader in the field of bioelectricity, and…Dec 6, 2024Dec 6, 2024
Willi Kalender (1949–2024)Medical physicist Willi Kalender died on October 20 at the age of 75. Kalender was an inventor of spiral computed tomography. Russ Hobbie…Nov 29, 2024Nov 29, 2024
From Brownian Motion to Virtual Biopsy: A Historical Perspective from 40 years of Diffusion MRIDenis Le Bihan recently published an open access review article in the Japanese Journal of Radiology titled “From Brownian Motion to…Nov 22, 2024Nov 22, 2024
Trusted Information on Public HealthWhere can you find trusted information about public health? Ordinarily, I would say from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the…Nov 15, 20241Nov 15, 20241
International Day of Medical Physics PosterYesterday was the International Day of Medical Physics. This event is organized by the International Organization for Medical Physics, and…Nov 8, 2024Nov 8, 2024