Scientists Developed Artificial Structures That Can Self-Replicate

First time accepted submitter mphall21 writes "New York University scientists have developed artificial structures that can self-replicate, a process that has the potential to yield new types of materials. In the natural world, self-replication is ubiquitous in all living entities, but artificial self-replication has been elusive. The new discovery is the first steps toward a general process for self-replication of a wide variety of arbitrarily designed seeds."

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Good news...

[GuJiaXian]

...they've created an artificial structure that can self-replicate. The bad news is that it's Ice-9.

First application: catalog item 2418-B

[ConsistentChaos]

The Remote Self-Replicating Robot Explorer Probe. Be afraid.