Following is a synthetic review on the minimal living cell, defined as an artificial or a semi-
artificial cell having the minimal and sufficient number of components to be considered alive …

This article reviews the growing body of scientific work in artificial chemistry. First, common
motivations and fundamental concepts are introduced. Second, current research activities …

A proposal for the biological grounding of intrinsic teleology and sense-making through the
theory of autopoiesis is critically evaluated. Autopoiesis provides a systemic language for …

This article examines in some technical detail the application of Maturana and Varela's
biology of cognition to a simple concrete model: a glider in the game of Life cellular …

Computational autopoiesis—the realization of autopoietic entities in computational media—
holds an important and distinctive role within the field of artificial life. Its earliest formulation …

Enaction is an increasingly influential approach to cognition that grew out of Maturana and
Varela's earlier work on autopoiesis and the biology of cognition. As with any relatively new …

An introduction to the fundamental concepts of the emerging field of Artificial Chemistries,
covering both theory and practical applications. The field of Artificial Life (ALife) is now firmly …

This paper gives details of Squirm3, a new artificial environment based on a simple physics
and chemistry that supports self-replicating molecules somewhat similar to DNA. The self …

We present a novel unit of evolution: a self-reproducing cell in a two-dimensional artificial
chemistry. The cells have a strip of genetic material that is used to produce enzymes, each …

Due to recent advances in synthetic biology and artificial life, the origin of life is currently a
hot topic of research. We review the literature and argue that the two traditionally competing …