Walther Nernst (1864-1941) was, without a doubt, one of the most remarkable physicists of the early 20th century. His main accomplishments were in the field of physical chemistry, a discipline he founded together with other well-known scientists, including J.H. van’t Hoff, W. Ostwald and S. Arrhenius. His most famous contribution to physics was the so-called third law of thermodynamics, for whi...

T he fl uid mosaic model of membrane biology depicts proteins and lipids freely roaming in the lateral plane of the cell's plasma membrane. But in reality, the plasma membrane is highly compartmentalized. One such compartment is delineated by a protein scaffold beneath the membrane called the eisosome (from the Greek word eis, meaning " portal, " and soma, meaning " body "). Tobias Walther, tog...