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Original Article

Water’s quantum structures and life

Pages 133-137
Received 29 Jan 2015
Accepted 27 Mar 2015
Published online: 22 Jun 2015

Abstract

This article discusses several clues pointing to the spontaneous quantum origin of the recently discovered dissipative structures induced in liquid water by low-energy physical perturbations. These structures show an astonishing permanence, so much that large ponderal quantities of supramolecular aggregates of water – at ambient pressure and temperature – subsist even in the solid phase, strongly suggesting the possibility that these structures are the matrix itself of life.

Acknowledgments

I wish to thank my friends: Emilio Del Giudice, Antonella De Ninno, Vittorio Elia, Mae Wan Ho, Pierre Madl, Elena Napoli, Alberto Tedeschi, Giuseppe Vitiello, Vladimir Voeikov, for encouragement and useful discussions of these passionate last years.

I dedicate this work to the living memory of my friend and teacher Emilio Del Giudice, who recently, suddenly and, from my limited point of view, prematurely, left this world.

Declaration of interest

The author reports no conflicts of interest. The author alone is responsible for the content and writing of this article.

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