[ These Artificial Cells Can Think for Themselves]
In labs from Baltimore to Nijmegen, the boundary between chemistry and cognition is quietly shifting. Minimal “protocells” built from lipids and proteins can now sense a chemical cue and reorganize themselves, the first twitch of something like decision-making. Protein circuits inside mammalian cells perform winner‑take‑all classifications, turning messy signals into a single, decisive action. And ...
