How to Use biophysics in a Sentence

biophysics

noun
  • Breslow pitched 12 seasons in the majors for seven teams after playing at Yale and is surely the only big leaguer who majored in molecular biophysics.
    BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2021
  • If mechanics alone can fully account for some simple behaviors, then neuroscientists may want to look more closely at how the nervous system takes advantage of an animal’s biophysics to pull off complex behaviors in other situations.
    Quanta Magazine, 16 Mar. 2022
  • The body allows more still: genetics, biophysics, biochemistry, bioelectricity, biomechanics, anatomy, psychology, and finer gradations in between, all these levels acting together, each playing an integral role.
    Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 3 May 2021
  • Christina Birch, 35, holds degrees in mathematics, biochemistry and molecular biophysics and a doctorate in biological engineering.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Technical lectures on basic astronautics, physics, astronomy, propulsion, biophysics, gyroscopic theory and similar highly technical subjects delivered by specialists from the Langley Research Center.
    Joseph N. Bell, Popular Mechanics, 5 May 2021

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