Apr 25, 2019
New Lifelike Biomaterial Self-Reproduces and Has a Metabolism
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: food, robotics/AI
Sound familiar? The team basically built molecular devices that “die” without “food.” Thanks to the laws of thermodynamics (hey ya, Newton!), that energy eventually dissipates, and the shapes automatically begin to break down, completing an artificial “circle of life.”
The new study took the system one step further: rather than just mimicking synthesis, they completed the circle by coupling the building process with dissipative assembly.
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