100 Greatest Discoveries by the Discovery Channel (2004-2005) Updated +Created
Hosted by Bill Nye.
Physics topics:
biology topics:
Genetics:
Medicine:
Adenosine triphosphate Updated +Created
The fact that ATP is the universal energy storage mollecule of all life on Earth is such an incredible unifying principle of biology!
It is the direct output of all the major forms of "energy generation" in cells: ATP synthesis mechanism.
It is just as fundamental as the genetic code for example.
No wonder dozens of Nobel Prizes were related to its discovery, given its complexity.
Selenocysteine Updated +Created
Like cysteine, but with selenium instead of sulfur.
The weird one, not directly coded in the genetic code.