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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Life Fights Entropy with Intelligent Design

A. E. Wilder-Smith, Albert Weixlbaumer, bacterial flagella motor, Brownian motion, Dominic J. Skinner, entropy, flagellum, footrace, human embryonic kidney cells, Intelligent Design, Jannik Ehrich, John Bechhoefer, Jörn Dunkel, Kevin Thurley, Michael W. Webster, microtubules, National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST, PNAS, Science (journal), Simon Fraser University, Surajit Chatterjee
Consider: the best minds in science and engineering are trying to approach the capabilities of bacteria. Source
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