We investigate minimal replicator systems that are able to use information in a functional
manner. Specifically, we consider a population of autocatalytic replicators in a flow reactor …

Developing a mathematical understanding of autocatalysis in reaction networks has both
theoretical and practical implications. We review definitions of autocatalytic networks and …

In models of prebiotic chemical evolution, spatial structure is frequently invoked to facilitate
the accumulation of complexity. Late in life's origins, spatial structure would have been …

While fields like Artificial Life have made huge strides in quantifying the mechanisms that
distinguish living systems from non-living ones, particular mechanisms remain difficult to …

While modern physics and biology satisfactorily explain the passage from the Big Bang to
the formation of Earth and the first cells to present-day life, respectively, the origins of …

Valeriana alanyense a new species to science from Southwestern of Turkey, is described
and illustrated. The new species exhibits affinities to V. speluncaria and it differs from it in …

We present an improvement of the Gillespie Exact Stochastic Simulation Algorithm, which
leverages a bitwise representation of variables to perform independent simulations in …

A key question in origins-of-life research, is whether heritability, and thus evolution, could
have preceded genes. While theoretical research has shown that out of equilibrium …

Complex coacervation occurs when oppositely charged polyelectrolytes interact, leading to
liquid-liquid phase separation. We coupled this phase separation to a fuel-driven reaction …

Autocatalysis is seen as a potential key player in the origin of life, and perhaps more
generally in the emergence of Darwinian dynamics. Building on recent formalizations of this …