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Achieve Living Materials Systems

Develop materials that exhibit all properties of living organisms including growth, reproduction, metabolism, and evolution. Living materials would grow and adapt to their applications, reproduce themselves for self-replicating systems, process energy and materials like biological organisms, and evolve to optimize their performance over time. The challenge involves creating materials that function as genuine living systems, developing material metabolism and reproduction mechanisms, and ensuring stable operation of living material systems. Applications include construction materials that grow and repair themselves, electronic materials that evolve optimal properties, and protective materials that adapt to changing threats. Success would create truly sustainable materials that improve themselves over time, eliminate the distinction between living and synthetic materials, and enable materials that participate actively in their own development and optimization.

Engineering, Core Engineering, Materials Science