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Looking for new problems to solve? Consider the climate

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Brad Marston, Physics 4, 20 (2011) – Published March 7, 2011
Even though global warming remains a heated political topic, physicists should not ignore the intellectual challenge of trying to model climate change.
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Does cell biology need physicists?

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Charles W. Wolgemuth, Physics 4, 4 (2011) – Published January 10, 2011
Allured by the chic perception and higher funding levels of disease-oriented research, many physicists have migrated to cell biology. Does physics really play a dominant role, or is cellular physiology slave to genetics and chemistry?
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Rewiring for adaptation

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Ira B. Schwartz and Leah B. Shaw, Physics 3, 17 (2010) – Published February 22, 2010
The idea behind adaptive behavioral epidemiology is that groups and individuals respond to the knowledge of a disease threat by changing their habits to avoid interactions with those who are contagious. Network-based models take this adaptive behavior into account by allowing the network to “rewire” its connections.