by Markus Deserno | Jun 6, 2023 | Own Work
Setting: a small old-fashioned but very tidy office. Its narrow window overlooks a big city. The walls are decorated with framed certificates, a few family pictures, and a majestic portrait of Emperor Wilhelm II. At the massive wooden desk in the middle of the room...
by Markus Deserno | Jan 22, 2022 | Science Vignettes
This blog post started as a humble thread on Twitter, which turned out to be unexpectedly popular. Several readers commented that the subject might be easier to digest in a format that’s more appropriate for long-form presentations. And so I’ve decided to...
by Markus Deserno | Aug 10, 2021 | Science Vignettes
The arrival of several highly effective vaccines has dramatically changed the landscape of the Covid-19 pandemic. Remarkably, though, a considerable fraction of people are hesitant to get immunized—for reasons that would be fitting material for a different blog post,...
by Markus Deserno | Jun 3, 2021 | Own Work
by Markus Deserno One of the fundamental facts of statistical physics is that microscopic systems are subject to constant thermal fluctuations. They are fundamentally random, but still exhibit many regularities that permit us to learn a great deal about those systems....
by Markus Deserno | Jan 13, 2021 | Own Work
by Amirali Hossein Biological lipid membranes divide eukaryotic cells into compartments with specialized functionality and play a central role in controlling the flow of matter and information between them. Their main building blocks are hundreds of different types of...
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