Polyoxometalates (POMs) are a subset of metal oxides that represent a diverse range of
molecular clusters with an almost unmatched range of physical properties and the ability to …

Abstract Die Polyoxometallate (POM), eine Untergruppe der Metalloxide, bilden vielfältige
Molekülcluster, die nicht nur außerordentlich vielfältige physikalische Eigenschaften zeigen …

The search for alien life is hard because we do not know what signatures are unique to life.
We show why complex molecules found in high abundance are universal biosignatures and …

Artificial cells capable of both sensing and sending chemical messages to bacteria have yet
to be built. Here we show that artificial cells that are able to sense and synthesize quorum …

Previous efforts to control cellular behaviour have largely relied upon various forms of
genetic engineering. Once the genetic content of a living cell is modified, the behaviour of …

OpenWorm is an international collaboration with the aim of understanding how the behavior
of Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) emerges from its underlying physiological …

The design of systems with life-like properties from simple chemical components may offer
insights into biological processes, with the ultimate goal of creating an artificial chemical cell …

Within many chemical and biological systems, both synthetic and natural, communication via
chemical messengers is widely viewed as a key feature. Often known as molecular …

Recent developments in bottom-up synthetic biology (eg, lipid vesicle technology integrated
with cell-free protein expression systems) allow the generation of semi-synthetic minimal …

It has been argued that the historical nature of evolution makes it a highly path-dependent
process. Under this view, the outcome of evolutionary dynamics could have resulted in …