Tuesday, June 30, 2026
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Water and 13 hallmarks of complexity trace path from molecules to life

Many properties of molecules cannot be predicted from the properties of the atoms they consist of. These properties only emerge when they are combined—a phenomenon known in science as "emergence." A publication by Goethe University Frankfurt examines, from chemical, biological, and philosophical per...

Water and 13 hallmarks of complexity trace path from molecules to life
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Many properties of molecules cannot be predicted from the properties of the atoms they consist of. These properties only emerge when they are combined—a phenomenon known in science as "emergence." A publication by Goethe University Frankfurt examines, from chemical, biological, and philosophical perspectives, how emergence and complexity are connected.

Originally published at Phys.org

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