linkedin post 2015-12-12 15:49:03

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BIOLOGICAL SELF-ASSEMBLY. "Molecular self assembly is the spontaneous association of molecules under equilibrium conditions into stable, structurally well-defined aggregates joined by non-covalent bonds. Molecular self-assembly is ubiquitous in biological systems, and underlies the formation of a wide variety of complex biological structures." Driven by life. https://lnkd.in/eD56xUk View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2015-12-13 14:57:20

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STRUCTURED WATER. "One other important factor worth discussing is the role of water. It has recently been realized that the structuring of water molecules around ions, molecules, and colloid-sized particles in dissolved state is an important factor in the thermodynamics of phase transitions in solution." https://lnkd.in/eVX4ANS View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2015-12-12 15:44:02

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THE TRANSITION from inanimate atoms to the creation of life has confounded scientists for a long time. Vitalism proposed that life could only be created from pre-existing life, but the stunning experiments of Craig Venter suggests this may not be true, when four bottles of innate chemicals rebooted an otherwise replicant deficient cell sack. Inanimate matter has powerful self-assembly properties. The giant question of the transition from innate AI to some type of intelligence. View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2015-12-13 14:52:38

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"THE SHAPES OF CRYSTALS are controlled by a combination of energetic and kinetic factors. The equilibrium shape is that which minimizes the total surface free energy of the crystal, which is in turn the sum of the individual products of surface area times interfacial energy. Thus low energy faces are preferentially expressed." https://lnkd.in/eVX4ANS View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2015-12-12 15:38:55

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FRAGMENT FROM NATURE. Inanimate atoms, under the right conditions, assemble without any help into rigorously uniform crystals, each crystal type characteristic of the mineral constituents. Each crystal type has precise geometric rules that describe its formation, leading to predictable and beautiful geometric shapes. Order from chaos driven by enthalpy and phase changes. View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2015-12-11 13:56:24

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PHOTOSYNTHETIC ANTENNA PROTEINS. "These data prove that the wave-like energy transfer process discovered at 77 K is directly relevant to biological function. The protein shapes the energy landscape and mediates an efficient energy transfer despite thermal fluctuations." https://lnkd.in/eytWxV5 View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2015-12-13 14:42:38

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LOWER ENERGY STATE. "Because the surface molecules are less well bound to their neighbors than are those in the bulk, their contribution to the free energy of the new phase is greater...But once the nucleus gets large enough, the drop in free energy associated with formation of the bulk phase becomes sufficiently high that the surface free energy is unimportant, and every addition of a molecule to the lattice lowers the free energy of the system." https://lnkd.in/eVX4ANS View in LinkedIn
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