Energy is conserved by the first law of thermodynamics; its quality degrades constantly due to entropy generation, by the second law of thermodynamics. It is thus important to examine the entropy ...

In biophysics, the kinetic states of molecules play a determining role in the metabolic and physiological processes in which they take part. Now, a new article specifies for the first time the levels ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Six possible sources of the large heat capacity and entropy changes frequently observed for processes involving proteins are identified. Of ...