01Apr 2025 by Post

Emily Reeves: How to Study Biology with Systems Engineering Principles

ATP synthase, bacterial flagellar motor, biological systems, biologists, biology, cancer, Emily Reeves, engineered systems, engineers, glycolysis, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, living systems, methodology, nanotechnology, Photosystem I, Podcast, Research, scientific literature, systems engineering, Warburg effect
Traditional methods in biology have proven insufficient for understanding and accurately predicting complex biological systems. Why? Source
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16Sep 2024 by Post

Embrace the Chaos: How Cells Harness Disorder for Function

Alex Holehouse, AlphaFold, antibiotics, ATP synthase, biophysicists, botanis, Brownian motion, Caltech, car jacks, cell's, conformations, cytoplasm, Duke University, electrostatic conditions, eric hedin, Gabriella Heller, Intelligent Design, intrinsically disordered proteins, kinesin, Life Sciences, Maxwell’s demon, MIT, molecular machines, noncoding RNAs, nucleus, pollen grains, proteins, Robert Brown, Robert Shedinger, Scotsmen, socket wrenches, solubility, The Scientist, Washington University
In three classes of examples, cells are shown to manipulate chaotic forces toward functional purposes. Source
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26Jun 2024 by Post

Design of the Elements Points to a Theistic Universe

alkali metal ions, amino, atoms carbon, ATP, ATP synthase, carbon atom, carboxyl, cellular respiration, cytochrome c, depolarization, electrons, hydrogen, Intelligent Design, intermembrane space, ligands, methyl, Michael Denton, mitochondrial membrane, multicellular lifeforms, nerve impulses, nitrogen, oxygen, periodic table of elements, Physics, Earth & Space, protein complexes, transition metals, universe
An innumerable number of features of the natural world show evidence of purpose and intent. Source
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23Feb 2023 by Post

An Engineering Marvel: Uncovering the Mechanism of Respiratory Complex I

amphipathic helix, antiporter, ATP synthase, biochemists, biology, carboxylates, crystal structure, design triangulation, electricity, electron transfer, electron transport chain, Engineering, Evolution, evolutionary theory, generators, homology, Hoover Dam, hydrophobic, Institute of Science and Technology, Intelligent Design, laptop, Leonid Sazanov, lysine residues, membrane domain, membrane lipids, molecular machines, Nanoscale, Paul Nelson, power adapter, proteins, proton pumps, quinone, Research, Respiratory Complex I, structural biologists, water, water wires
Complex I is involved in the electron transport chain, which is part of the biochemical process by which we create ATP, the energy molecule of life. Source
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07Oct 2022 by Post

Game Over? Nick Lane Wants Another Inning

acetyl phosphate, adenine, ATP synthase, baseball diamond, biology, Evolution, genetic information, gluconeogenesis, glycolysis, hydrothermal vents, Intelligent Design, John E. Walker, Krebs cycle, Lehigh University, metabolic process, Michael Behe, Miller-Urey experiment, Nick Lane, PLOS Biology, protocell, protometabolism, purine, referee, University College London, World Magazine
Michael Behe described how he attended a conference to hear Nobel laureate John Walker, the world’s expert on ATP synthase, explain how it might have evolved.  Source
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27Jul 2022 by Post

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

abiogenesis, ADP, ATP, ATP synthase, batteries, biopolymers, chemiosmotic coupling, drivetrain, Energy, energy harnessing, Evolution, gasoline, homeostasis, hydrothermal vents, Intelligent Design, lightning, Long Story Short, membranes, natural selection, origin of life, plants, promissory note, proton gradients, protons, regulators, RNA, self-replication, solar panels, sun, sunlight, transformers, volcanoes
Everyone knows that maintaining life requires energy, but most do not appreciate the intricate steps required to harness it. Source
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18Jul 2022 by Post

If Nanomotors Are Designed, Why Not Biomotors?

Alexander Graham Bell, ATP molecules, ATP synthase, biological motors, Cees Dekker, chloroplast membrane, Delft University of Technology, DNA, Evolution, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Intelligent Design, Jingang Li, K-Pop, Koreans, Life Sciences, mitochondrial membrane, nanoturbine, Nature Foods, New Scientist, photosynthesis, Samuel Morse, UC Riverside, University of Texas
Physical chemists are justifiably proud of their tiny motors that do little more than spin. How can they say that much more complex motors in life evolved? Source
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14May 2021 by Post

Study Challenges Evolutionary Relationship Between Flagellum and Type III Secretory System

ATP synthase, bacterial flagellum, Cell (journal), Darwin's Black Box, Eduardo P. C. Rocha, Evolution, Howard Ochman, human technology, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, Jiaxing Tan, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Judge John E. Jones, Kitzmiller v. Dover, last bacterial common ancestor, Michael Behe, molecular machines, motors, Nature Reviews Microbiology, New Scientist, propeller, pumps, rotary engine, Salmonella, Sophie S. Abby, T3SS, University of Arizona
There are various types of flagella, but all function like a rotary engine made by humans. Even non-ID scientists marvel at the complexity of these machines. Source
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