Information transfer is a life principle

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People like Popp have been laughed at for their biophoton hypothesis (and experiemntal results) for ages now. Of course, what sounds like Sci-fi can never be true, at least some scientists seem to “know” and thus forget that science is not about believing you […]

Are DNA-polymer-conjugates finally taking off?

DNA-Polymer conjugates seem to be taking off these days. Having seen Corinne Vebert’s presentation on her DNA-poly(butadiene)-block-copolymers at this year’s polymer meeting in Freiburg, I just checked up on some chemistry blogs I read and find a post on “On the road” about a similar system by A. Herrmann, who was also present at the […]

Carbon nanotubes

Carbon Nanotubes, as cool and hype as its name suggests, are rather old and part of human technology (And we thought Carbon Nano Tubes were new….) — and definitely in the universe per se. Nevertheless the original discovery of non-planar graphite-derived 3D-shaped molecules was a major breakthrough and lead to a nobel prize in chemistry […]