Author: Pier Luigi Luisi

Perspectives in Supramolecular Chemistry Founded by J.-M. Lehn Perspectives in Supramolecular Chemistry reflects research which develops supramolecular structures with specific new properties, such a …

Chemistry plays a very important role in the emerging field of synthetic biology. In particular, chemical synthetic biology is concerned with the synthesis of chemical structures, such as proteins, t …

Chemistry plays a very important role in the emerging field of synthetic biology. In particular, chemical synthetic biology is concerned with the synthesis of chemical structures, such as proteins, t …

The mechanism in which asignificant images arise (those images that suddenly appear in one’s mind, with no direct connection to the present moment) is the field being researched by Marcel, a neurosci …

In the last ten years there has been a considerable increase of interest on the notion of the minimal cell. With this term we usually mean a cell-like structure containing the minimal and sufficient …

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How did life begin on the Earth? The units of life are cells, which can be defined as bounded systems of molecules that capture energy and nutrients from the environment — systems that expand, repro …

IL LIBRO Marcello ricerca ancora la pace interiore, la felicità come forma di vita, ma, come in gioventù, rimane al bivio: tra la via della vita monastica – ha speso da giovane al …

For over a decade, a small group of scientists and philosophers—members of the Mind and Life Institute—have met regularly to explore the intersection between science and the spirit. At one of these m …

The first comprehensive general resource on state-of-the-art protocell research, describing current approaches to making new forms of life from scratch in the laboratory. Protocells offers a comprehe …

This collection of essays highlights, in a new, critical fashion, some of the classic questions in life science. These include "what is life?"; "what is death?"; "what is con …

L’Isola d’Elba è nota per le sue spiagge multicolori, per i bellissimi fondali, ma l’Elba non è solo mare. È anche terra. Una terra nella quale un tempo si mandavano gli anarchici al confino, dalla q …

Tutto ciò che nasce si dissolverà. Nulla è duraturo, neanche l’amore, e il tentativo di attaccarsi a qualcuno, o a qualcosa, è destinato a fallire. È l’antico principio buddista della impermanenza, c …