Self-replication of a quantum artificial organism driven by single-photon pulses

Abstract Imitating the transition from inanimate to living matter is a longstanding challenge. Artificial life has achieved computer programs that self-replicate, mutate, compete and evolve, but lacks self-organized hardwares akin to the self-assembly of the first living cells. Nonequilibrium thermo...

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Main Author: Daniel Valente
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96048-6