03Aug 2024 by Post

Popular YouTube Science Educator Professes “Emotional” Response to “Amazing” Flagellum

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In the video, engineer Destin Sandlin explains how he became captivated after watching an online animation of the bacterial flagellum. Source
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03Jan 2022 by Post

Bacterial Flagellum Demonstrates the Explanatory and Predictive Power of Engineering Models

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Dean Schulz investigated the design of the flagellum with a method that could be described as groundbreaking. Source
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14May 2021 by Post

Study Challenges Evolutionary Relationship Between Flagellum and Type III Secretory System

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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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