Tag: membranes
Grand Central Station and Beyond: Molecular Machines Visualized in 3-D
Cryo-electron microscopy is allowing cell biologists to see irreducibly complex molecular machines in three-dimensional glory.
The Electric Cell: More Synergy with Physics Found in Cellular Coding
Imaging techniques down to the picometer scale are permitting detection of previously unknown alliances of cellular software with electrostatics and mechanics.
High Energy: Long Story Short Addresses “Energy Harnessing” and Life’s Origin
Everyone knows that maintaining life requires energy, but most do not appreciate the intricate steps required to harness it.
“Radical New Theory” on the Origin of Life?
Some recent work suggests it all happened at once in a sort of “chemical big bang.”
Still Clueless about the Origin of Life
Many scientists and professors who are outside boutique origin-of- life circles have been led astray by researchers’ claims and the subsequent press.