Better than chance?

October 28th, 2013 at 12:19:36 AM permalink
rxwine
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(Scientists) "found that when components of the molecular machines that exist in living cells today are mixed with membrane material, functional complexes form more often than you’d expect from chance."

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Computer calculations reveal that, by chance, five liposomes in 1,000 could not have trapped all 83 molecules of the assembly—they calculated that the possibility of forming even one such liposome essentially zero


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Stano reports in the journal Angewandte Chemie that many of these liposomes trapped some of the other molecules present in the mixture. But remarkably, five in every 1,000 of them had all 83 of the molecules needed to produce a protein. These liposomes ended up filled with GFP and glowed green under a microscope.


http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/10/chemists-find-biological-complexes-that-beat-chance/
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October 28th, 2013 at 1:40:00 AM permalink
s2dbaker
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I love science. Observations like this lead to greater understanding. Like Hubble noticing that the universe is expanding helping Einstein dump the gravitational constant. Like Michelson and Morley observing that the speed of light is the same in all directions making the Ether irrelevant. Who knows what will come of this observation but may be just as important as the others.
October 28th, 2013 at 8:32:17 PM permalink
rxwine
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There are arguments that life can't evolve in specific conditions that just involve randomness alone. It helps undercut those arguments if there are shortcuts.
You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really?
October 29th, 2013 at 8:51:39 PM permalink
FrGamble
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I love science too, not only because it shows how amazing our universe is but because it helps lead to deeper questions, such as if the universe is expanding did it have a ultimate beginning?
This study seems to ask us is there something more than random chance at play when talking about the beginning of life? Cool stuff to think about.
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