Life is molecule-driven: Life is three-dimensional, and it begins with molecules. The DNA double helix embodies the central role that three-dimensional structures play in understanding biological processes. The biological matter comprises small molecules (e.g.,...
THE STELLAR BIRTH OF LIFE: A star’s higher calling is to produce life. A first-generation star starts with carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, potassium, and four trace elements. Then, gravity puts the pressure on. We are the chemical legacy of the stars. Our reason...
I Anatomic electron spreads out into cloud-like wave shapes called “orbitals.” … But the electron does not “leap” anywhere. Shown here are critical electron transitions in the hydrogen atom. When an electron transitions...
QUANTUM BIOLOGY: The study of quantum mechanics and theoretical chemistry applications to biological objects and problems. Many biological processes involve converting energy into forms that are usable for chemical transformations and are quantum mechanical. DNA has...
13.7 BILLION YEARS AGO, THE BIG BANG KICKED THINGS OFF. In 1929, Edwin Hubble discovered that the distances to far-away galaxies were proportional to their redshifts. Subsequent calculations have dated this Big Bang to approximately 13.7 billion years ago. The last...
