hisay lama

Whenever I contemplate the concept of self-assembly, as sparked by Erwin Schrödinger's book What is Life?, I find myself drawing parallels between the phenomenon of self-assembly and the functions of the human body, particularly in the self-assembly of its cells. The human body is composed of a vast number of cells, each with its own dynamics and function, yet collectively, they exhibit behaviour distinct from their individual components. This resembles a thermodynamic system, wherein cells can be compared to atoms in a gas, densely packed and characterized by a macrostate of (P, V, T) = (1 atm, V, 37°C). Beyond pressure and temperature, other physical properties, such as the pH of human blood, also have precise values. At a specific pH, blood cells do not aggregate but interact electrostatically. As previously noted, the human body can be viewed as a self-assembled collection of diverse cell types. In principle, this perspective should allow us to quantify key physical variables ...

Ducks walking in the park at UNIST near Ulsan  When I walk around the campus, several questions buzz in my ear (apart from usual worry), mostly philosophical. The question that haunts me most are-  1. What is life? 2. How human beings are created? 3. Why all living organism dies? 4. What happens after we die? Do we have soul etc.? I know the origin of these questions are intrinsic and are driven by the curiosity to know about the existence of humans.  In an attempt to answer these questions - understanding the phenomena exhibited by the living entity at a subcellular level,  their behaviour and response to external change would be very important.  The founding stone in an attempt to answer the origin of life has already been kept by many pioneers, the one that inspire me is  Erwin Schrodinger and his  lecture notes titled " What is Life? ".     Today a large number of researchers, working in this domain are trying to describe the subject...