By tradition, Nobel Laureates receive their gold medals from the King of Sweden on 10 December, the day that Alfred Nobel died […]
Posts Tagged ‘History’
Coming Full Circle
On Friday 6 January 1956, Allan Cormack arrived for work at Groote Schuur Hospital, having been appointed as part-time nuclear physicist, spending […]
Celebrating BME@50
Yesterday marked an important milestone for the field of biomedical engineering (BME) in Cape Town as it celebrated its 50th […]
War: A Harmful Metaphor?
It has become commonplace to hear expressions such as “fighting the war on cancer” or even “she’s a warrior intent […]
The Emergence of CRISPR
One of the most remarkable scientific breakthroughs since the mapping of the human genome has been CRISPR, an acronym that […]
HHUS versus ABUS
Fifteen years ago, Peter Dempsey wrote a fascinating article on the history of breast ultrasound that appeared in the Journal […]
Searching for the Inner Sanctum
The double helix of deoxyribose nucleic acid (DNA) is one of biology’s most iconic structures, inspiring the design of staircases […]
In Search of Truth
The electrocardiogram – or ECG – fulfils the requirements for a diagnostic test: non-invasive, easy to record and reproducible. It is applied […]
You’re Grounded!
This past Sunday morning an Ethiopian Airlines plane, registration ET-AVJ, departed Johannesburg on a routine flight to Addis Ababa. A few hours […]
Disrupting the X-Ray Market
It’s been more than 120 years since Ivan Puluj and Wilhelm Röntgen conducted their groundbreaking experiments leading to the discovery of X-rays. […]