Saturday, September 17, 2011

Scientists Take First Step Towards Creating 'Inorganic Life'

Professor Lee Cronin and his team have demonstrated a new way of making inorganic-chemical-cells or iCHELLs.The profesor said that alomst all of the life on earth is based on organic biology,but the inorganic world is considered to be inanimate. 
They are trying to create self-replicating, evolving inorganic cells that would essentially be alive.The cells can be compartmentalised by creating internal membranes that control the passage of materials and energy through them, meaning several chemical processes can be isolated within the same cell just like biological cells.
Its still a work in progress

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