The plasma membrane is close to an Ising critical point, below which it would separate into two phases. Kimchi et al. explore the consequences for ion channel function using a lattice Ising model bit.ly/2WhzT91#tbt
A: World War I caused Jacques Loeb to boycott German journals. He then created a new journal to publish quantitative work on biological mechanisms of broad physiological significance, which he named the Journal of General Physiology bit.ly/2OI2oJY#JGP100for100