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Biology

Chemiosmosis

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Chemiosmosis was proposed by Peter Mitchell in 1961, a theory so revolutionary that it won him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1978, despite initial skepticism.

Why this is interesting

You know cells need energy to function, but how exactly do they convert the energy stored in food into the ATP that powers everything? The answer lies in a clever process called chemiosmosis.