airport security Type post Author David Coppedge Date March 20, 2024 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , active transport, aquaporins, cell membrane, concentration gradient, death, disease, entropy, ion channels, life, Maxwell’s demon, natural forces, Nobel Prize, non-life, osmosis, PNAS, potassium channels, Roderick MacKinnon, Second Law of Thermodynamics, selectivity filters, sodium channels, unnatural selection Secrets of Active Transport Become Visible David Coppedge March 20, 2024 Evolution, Intelligent Design 9 TSA workers at airports could never boast of this much quality control in their authentication protocols. Read More ›
traffic cop Type post Date April 2, 2020 CategoriesIntelligent DesignReproductive Science Tagged , __k-review, ATP, conformational changes, copper, ions, iron, Maxwell’s demon, metabolism, molecular biologists, Nature (journal), Nobel Prize, PNAS, potassium, proteins, Roderick MacKinnon, Science Advances, Second Law of Thermodynamics, selectivity filters, sodium, transport Security Gates in the Cell Science and Culture April 2, 2020 Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science 8 A key characteristic of life is active transport: control over what enters and exits the cell. Closer looks reveal exquisite “selectivity filters” with moving parts that make active transport work. Read More ›
