A few of my favorite hemes.  The "heme cofactor" is familiar to us as the part of hemoglobin where oxygen attaches for transport through blood. It lends blood its characteristic color. However, the heme unit is a versatile part of many biological functions. It participates in the metabolism of perceived toxins by the liver, in […]

Niels Henrik David Bohr 1885 – 1962. Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922.     Understanding Science Particle Physics: The Search for the Smallest of Things   Only a century ago, while the concept of an irreducible […]