Scientists create miracle of 'life' with inorganic matter - iCHELLS, not iPads

Scientists create miracle of 'life' with inorganic matter - iCHELLS, not iPads | TechEye: "It is life, but not as we know it. A team of researchers at the University of Glasgow have been playing God, claiming they have come up with the first steps towards inorganic ‘life’.

The moment of divine creation came under the guidance of Professor Lee Cronin, who has developed a method for creating inorganic chemical cells dubbed iCHELLS.

Cronin is aiming to create “self-replicating, evolving inorganic cells” which he says would essentially be “alive”.

While life is generally made up of organic biology including carbon in the form of amino acids, nucleotides and so on, inorganic life is considered to be inanimate."