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Methods to research the origin of microbial life are limited. However, microorganisms were the first organisms on the Earth capable of cell growth and division, and interactions with their environment, other microbial cells, and eventually with diverse eukaryotic organisms. The origin of microbial life and the supporting scientific evidence are both an enigma and a scientific priority. Numerous hypotheses...
Relying on a certain degree of abstraction, we can propose that no particular distinction exists between animate or living matter and inanimate matter. While focusing attention on some specifics, the dividing line between the two can be drawn. The most apparent distinction is in the level of structural and functional organization with the dissimilar streams of ‘energy flow’ between the observed entity...
We review recent results on the connection between thermodynamics and dynamics in a model for water. We verify the Adam-Gibbs relation between entropy and dynamic properties using computer simulations, which allow direct access to the relevant properties. We combine experimental measurements of entropy with the Adam-Gibbs hypothesis to predict dynamic properties in deeply supercooled states, which...
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