1.1M views · Apr 19, 2017 · 5:17 · 2 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2021–2022
A short Harvard animation narrated by Professor Rob Lue introducing mitochondria as the cell's powerhouses and how cells turn food and oxygen into energy.
Why Hacker News points people here: Recommended as a beautiful, accessible animation of cellular energy production.
“a beautiful animation of "Mitochondria: the cell's powerhouse”HN comment, 2021
“a beautiful animation of "Mitochondria: the cell's powerhouse”
Beautiful animation of mitochondria as the cell's powerhouse.
This reminded me of a beautiful animation of "Mitochondria: the cell's powerhouse" which I recently watched. this video
“An incredible story!”
Narrator explains why we breathe oxygen.
An incredible story! Somewhere in link or this video the narrator casually says "... and this is why we breathe oxygen ..."
“You want molecular dynamics. They are simulations, not real images.”
Example of molecular dynamics simulation of enzyme interactions.
You want molecular dynamics. They are simulations, not real images. But otoh (visible) light rays are "about as big" as a very large protein, so you can't image them. And because of computational expense they're slow motion by necessity, which is good because very, very complex enzyme interactions means ~2-3000 interactions per second. Example: this video
