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After years of wondering why water is so important for life, the answer may be that it is due to the fact that linear and cubic structuring of water molecules (as shown on the left) form on lipid and poly-ionic surfaces. The order lasts only about a million millionth of a second, but guides assembly. As molecules and ions approach each other, transient order in surface water guides them into unique functional associations. Read on to see how.
The article below is A Story of the Evolution of the Molecules of Life based on the premise, as presented in 1991 in "The Matrix of Life," that it is transient linear elements in cubic conformations, which form on lipid surfaces, that guide assembly and motion. In 2009, the hypothesis received validation by the discovery, based on 4D ultra-high-speed electron crystallography, that water does, indeed, form ice-like linear elements of hydration in cubic ice conformations on both hexagonal lipid and poly-ionic surfaces. Have fun reading.