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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Zerush@lemmy.ml to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
 

Always walking with happiness hormons to help if you are down

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[–] Jordan117@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How is it more accurate? I thought that in reality the "steps" are incredibly fast, but that makes it seem like it's a much slower and more uncertain process.

[–] yeahiknow3 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fast relative to what? The point is that the kinesin protein doesn’t “walk” any more than floating debris “swims.”

[–] Jordan117@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Relative to the speed shown in the visualizations. The pop-sci animations look like it takes one step every second or so, while in reality they do hundreds per second.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

And they stop, pause, and can go backwards.