Tag: membranes

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 16, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Geology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, astrobiologists, ATP, Bodélé Depression, Calypso satellite, Chad, Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service, David Karl, DNA, ecosystems, Goddard Space Flight Center, Hongbin Yu, Hunga-Tonga volcano, hydrothermal vents, Kilauea volcano, lighting, membranes, metamorphism, meteor impacts, NASA, Nature Communications, Nature Geoscience, North Pacific, Oregon State, phosphorus, phytoplankton bloom, Sahara Desert, Saharan Air Layer, Sarah Buckland-Reynolds, serpentinization, The Miracle of Man, University of Hawaii, UV rays, volcanism}

Earth’s Phosphorus Supply Chains Revealed

_{David Coppedge
June 16, 2025

Evolution, Geology, Intelligent Design

9}

Without phosphorus, life as we know it could not exist. How does this limiting resource get to the oceans and land? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 3, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, active transport, amino acid residues, cells, endoplasmic reticulum, hammer, Immune System, intelligent design, ion channels, lysosomes, macrophages, membranes, mitochondria, organelles, peroxisomes, physiology, Quartz, Science (journal), Science Advances, tissue, touch, Yale University}

Sense of Touch Is More Finely Tuned than We Thought

_{David Coppedge
April 3, 2024

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

8}

Like machines that deliver goods or open doors at the push of a button, mechanosensitive channels respond on contact. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 23, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, Caltech, cell biology, cells, condensates, DNA, droplets, endoplasmic reticulum, eukaryotes, evolution, intelligent design, membrane lipids, membranes, mitochondria, molecular biology, molecular machines, organelles, paradigm shift, peroxisomes, PLOS Biology, proteins, speckles, TIM, tom, transfer RNA, tRNA}

Getting It Together: Tethers, Handshakes, and Multitaskers in the Cell

_{David Coppedge
February 23, 2024

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

Running a cell requires coordination. How do molecules moving in the dark interior of a cell know how and when to connect? Protein tethers offer new clues. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
September 7, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Barbara McClintock, cells, cellular behavior, cellular cognition, Chance and Necessity, circuitry, cognition, Daniel Nicholson, DNA, electronic circuitry, function, Jacques Monod, Journal of Theoretical Biology, machine, machine conception of the cell, machine metaphor, membranes, molecular biology, nucleic acids, proteins, self-assembly, Sewall Wright}

Is the Cell a Machine, or More Like a Mind?

_{Robert Shedinger
September 7, 2023

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

7}

At least as we’re accustomed to thinking in our age of AI, the alternative to a machine is a mind. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 20, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATP synthase, ciliates, efficiency, electron transport chain, electrons, factory, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, membranes, Michael Behe, microbe, mitochondria, narrative gloss, Nature (journal), oxidative phosphorylation, PNAS, protists, Science Advances, superintelligence}

Compact Factory Optimizes Shape for Efficiency — A New Level of Intelligent Design in Life

_{David Coppedge
July 20, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

A microbe was found to organize its electron transport machinery in a way that bends the membrane for optimum energy utilization. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
May 25, 2023

Categories
Biochemistry
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Asphalt Paradox, biopolymers, building blocks, cell membranes, devolution, early Earth, Elbert Branscomb, James Tour, membranes, Michael Russell, molecular machines, natural processes, peer-reviewed literature, Professor Dave, Professor Dave Explains, proteins, rare sugars, RNA, Steven Benner, synthetic chemists}

Hello, Professor Dave: James Tour’s Criticisms of OOL Research Echo Those of Other Experts

_{Brian Miller
May 25, 2023

Biochemistry, Origin of Life

7}

Today, I will address one of the few honest questions that Professor Dave and other critics have asked of Dr. Tour. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 29, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, angstroms, ATP, cilia, ciliopathies, evolution, Evolution News, intelligent design, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, membranes, Michael Behe, molecular machines, organelles, Science (journal), Science Advances, University of Basel, voltage, Washington University}

Grand Central Station and Beyond: Molecular Machines Visualized in 3-D

_{David Coppedge
September 29, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Science

8}

Cryo-electron microscopy is allowing cell biologists to see irreducibly complex molecular machines in three-dimensional glory. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 6, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Caltech, DNA, electrostatics, enzymes, evolution, helicase, intelligent design, intrinsically disordered proteins, kinetics, membranes, molecules, mRNA, ncRNAs, PNAS, RNA, transcription, University of Toronto, University of Washington}

The Electric Cell: More Synergy with Physics Found in Cellular Coding

_{David Coppedge
September 6, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

Imaging techniques down to the picometer scale are permitting detection of previously unknown alliances of cellular software with electrostatics and mechanics. Read More ›

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post

Author
Rob Stadler

Date
July 27, 2022

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, ADP, ATP, ATP synthase, batteries, biopolymers, chemiosmotic coupling, Energy, energy harnessing, evolution, gasoline, homeostasis, hydrothermal vents, intelligent design, lightning, Long Story Short, membranes, natural selection, promissory note, proton gradients, protons, regulators, RNA, self-replication, solar panels, sun, sunlight, transformers, volcanoes}

High Energy: Long Story Short Addresses “Energy Harnessing” and Life’s Origin

_{Rob Stadler
July 27, 2022

Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

6}

Everyone knows that maintaining life requires energy, but most do not appreciate the intricate steps required to harness it. Read More ›

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post

Date
September 3, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, chemical evolution, DNA, early Earth, Eric Anderson, evolution, Günter Bechly, hopeful monster, human origins, ID the Future, membranes, metabolism, New Scientist, podcast, RNA, Rob Stadler}

“Radical New Theory” on the Origin of Life?

_{Science and Culture
September 3, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

2}

Some recent work suggests it all happened at once in a sort of “chemical big bang.” Read More ›