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If this life self-assembles from the organics released from rocks during the weathering cycle, it will look similar to our own - similar in its overall biochemical foundation.
SETI Institute: Life at the SETI Institute: Friedemann Freund - The Future of Forecasting Earthquakes SETI Institute 2011
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Inject the gel at the site of a spinal injury and it self-assembles into a "scaffold" that supports new nerve fibres as they grow up and down the spinal cord.
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If this life self-assembles from the organics released from rocks during the weathering cycle, it will look similar to our own - similar in its overall biochemical foundation.
SETI Institute: Life at the SETI Institute: Friedemann Freund - The Future of Forecasting Earthquakes SETI Institute 2011
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Instead of burning fossil fuels to heat up kilns for firing high-tech ceramics, we can mimic mother-of-pearl, which self-assembles a substance twice as strong as those ceramics in seawater: no heat required.
THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010
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Instead of burning fossil fuels to heat up kilns for firing high-tech ceramics, we can mimic mother-of-pearl, which self-assembles a substance twice as strong as those ceramics in seawater: no heat required.
THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010
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Instead of burning fossil fuels to heat up kilns for firing high-tech ceramics, we can mimic mother-of-pearl, which self-assembles a substance twice as strong as those ceramics in seawater: no heat required.
THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010
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Instead of burning fossil fuels to heat up kilns for firing high-tech ceramics, we can mimic mother-of-pearl, which self-assembles a substance twice as strong as those ceramics in seawater: no heat required.
THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010
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The DNA solution is then pored onto the board and self-assembles its own template scaffolds within the larger etched pattern.
Self-assembled Nano-circuit boards with DNA Origami and Carbon Nanotubes 2008
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The DNA solution is then pored onto the board and self-assembles its own template scaffolds within the larger etched pattern.
Archive 2008-02-01 2008
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This is possible through the use of high-density nano-robotic ammunition "— Ruiz held up a dully gleaming block of what appeared to be metal; a similar block was located next to the rifle at my feet —" that self-assembles immediately prior to firing.
Old Mans War 2005
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