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Computation, 2023 This paper explores a formal model of autopoiesis as presented by Maturana, Uribe and Varela, and analyzes this model and its implications through the lens of the notions of eigenforms (fixed points) and the intricacies of Goedelian coding.
Louis H. Kauffman
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From Cosmos to Intelligent Life: The Four Ages of Astrobiology
, 2012 The history of life on Earth and in other potential life-bearing planetary platforms is deeply linked to the history of the universe. Since life as we know it relies on chemical elements forged in dying heavy stars, the universe needs to be old enough ...
Abel +17 more
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Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles: A Comprehensive Review on Synthesis and Recent Advances
Pharmaceutics, 2018 Recent advancements in drug delivery technologies utilizing a variety of carriers have resulted in a path-breaking revolution in the approach towards diagnosis and therapy alike in the current times.
Reema Narayan +3 more
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Multistable Protocells Can Aid the Evolution of Prebiotic Autocatalytic Sets
Life, 2023 We present a simple mathematical model that captures the evolutionary capabilities of a prebiotic compartment or protocell. In the model, the protocell contains an autocatalytic set whose chemical dynamics is coupled to the growth–division dynamics of ...
Angad Yuvraj Singh, Sanjay Jain
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Twenty years of "Lipid World": a fertile partnership with David Deamer [PDF]
, 2019 "The Lipid World" was published in 2001, stemming from a highly effective collaboration with David Deamer during a sabbatical year 20 years ago at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.
Kahana, Amit +2 more
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Non-linear protocell models: synchronization and chaos [PDF]
The European Physical Journal B, 2010 We consider generic protocells models allowing linear and non-linear kinetics for the main involved chemical reactions.We are interested in understanding if and how the protocell division and the metabolism do synchronize to give rise to sustainable evolution of the protocell.
FILISETTI, alessandro +4 more
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Motility at the origin of life: Its characterization and a model
, 2013 Due to recent advances in synthetic biology and artificial life, the origin of life is currently a hot topic of research. We review the literature and argue that the two traditionally competing "replicator-first" and "metabolism-first" approaches are ...
Froese, Tom +2 more
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Advanced Materials, Volume 38, Issue 13, 3 March 2026.Merging materials processing tricks inspired by mussel and mistletoe fiber fabrication, solutions of cationic mussel byssus proteins were mixed with modified anionic nanocrystalline cellulose, producing distinctive core‐shell condensates. Simple processing of condensate suspensions using freeze‐drying produced hierarchically structured porous protein ...
Hamideh R. Alanagh +9 more
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Recent Theoretical Approaches to Minimal Artificial Cells
Entropy, 2014 Minimal artificial cells (MACs) are self-assembled chemical systems able to mimic the behavior of living cells at a minimal level, i.e. to exhibit self-maintenance, self-reproduction and the capability of evolution.
Fabio Mavelli +3 more
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The Bootstrap Model of Prebiotic Networks of Proteins and Nucleic Acids
Life, 2022 It is not known how life arose from prebiotic physical chemistry. How did fruitful cell-like associations emerge from the two polymer types—informational (nucleic acids, xNAs = DNA or RNA) and functional (proteins)?
Thomas Farquharson +2 more
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