Attempts to find and quantify the supposed low entropy of organisms and its preservation are
revised. The absolute entropy of the mixed components of non-living biomass …

The place of living organisms in the natural world is a nearly perennial question in
philosophy and the sciences; how can inanimate matter yield animate beings? A dominant …

In this paper we explore the relevance and integration of system theory and thermodynamics
in terms of the Earth system. It is proposed that together, these fields explain the evolution …

A central question in origins of life research is how non-entailed chemical processes, which
simply dissipate chemical energy because they can do so due to immediate reaction kinetics …

Complex phenomena are made possible when:(i) fundamental physical symmetries are
broken and (ii) from the set of broken symmetries historically selected ground states are …

Protein-stabilized high internal phase emulsions (HIPEs) have gained considerable
attention in diverse fields. This study addressed a versatile strategy for producing HIPEs that …

Evolution, self-replication and ontogenesis are highly dynamic, irreversible and self-
organizing processes dissipating energy. While progress has been made to decipher the …

Directional motility is an essential property of cells. Despite its enormous relevance in many
fundamental physiological and pathological processes, how cells control their locomotion …

Inflammation as a biological concept has been around a long time and derives from the
Latin “to set on fire” and refers to the redness and heat, and usually swelling, which …

Living systems are complex dynamic information processing energy consuming entities with
properties of consciousness, intelligence, sapience, and sentience. Sapience and sentience …