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Enzymes work as 'Maxwell's demon' by using memory stored as motion (phys.org)

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[–] spinne@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It may help to think of it as the authors invoking the idea of Maxwell's demon to illustrate the elegance of the enzymes involved instead of an actual Maxwell's demon that would literally decrease the entropy in the system over time.

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[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

this is how scientists do clickbait

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