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complexity; emergence; nonequilibrium thermodynamics; origins of life; synthetic biology
Abstract:
Will we be ever able to produce living matter artificially? Despite our increasingly precise understanding of the details of life, its fundamental principles still lie in the dark. Armed with today's technology and knowledge about living systems, it is high time for us to re-address this persistent challenge in understanding nature. Graphics: Monika Krause, MPIB. 2017 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
