Tag: bacteria
Harvard Biophysicist Howard Berg, Flagellum’s Discoverer, Lives On
More than any other scientist, he brought to light the intricate biophysics occurring at the molecular scale in living organisms.
ATP Synthase Gets Smarter
Two new papers reveal fine-tuning in the assembly of ATP synthase rotary motors and in its operation under ATP hydrolysis.
The New Yorker Takes “A Journey to the Center of Our Cells”
There’s a problem that biologists have long pondered — how do proteins find other proteins within the cell that they are supposed to interact with?
Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Speciation
Swedish scientist Arne Müntzing used two plant species to make a hybrid that underwent chromosome doubling to produce hempnettle, a member of the mint family.
Khan Academy “Evidence for Evolution” Video Pushes the Fake Fossil Horses Series
The video draws arrows from one species of fossil horses to the next and says “there is a constant change and we can see it directly through the fossil record.”