10Sep 2021 by Post

New BIO-Complexity Paper Details Complexity of Function and Assembly of Bacterial Flagellum

bacterial flagellum, BIO-Complexity, chemotaxis, Complexity, computer science, degradation, elegance, engineers, Evolution, evolutionary biologists, filament, fine-tuning, gears, gene expression, hook, Intelligent Design, peer-reviewed literature, proteins, rod, Science (journal), stator, Waldean Schulz
The author, Dean Schulz, an engineer with a PhD in computer science, takes a “bottom up” approach. Source
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07Jul 2021 by Post

New Paper Investigates Engineering Design Constraints on the Bacterial Flagellum

bacterial flagellum, biology, Colorado State University, computer science, cost, costs, dependency network, design triangulation, dimensions, energy needs, Engineering, form, helical propeller, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, logic controls, materials, motility, Paul Nelson, propulsion, redirection, signals, Steve Laufmann, Systems Biology, timing, Waldean Schulz, Waterfall Model
This technique of examining biology through the eyes of engineering is not necessarily new — systems biologists have been doing it for years. Source
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