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Refuted theory behind homeopathic remedies
Water memory is the purported ability of water to retain a memory of substances previously dissolved in it even after an arbitrary number of serial dilutions. It has been claimed to be a mechanism by which homeopathic remedies work, even when they are diluted to the point that no molecule of the original substance remains, but there is no theory for it. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Water memoryA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: pH-dependent water permeability switching and its memory in MoS2 membranesInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: [Gasoline motor-boat for customs service at Corpus Christi, Texas.]The most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Morris water maze: procedures for assessing spatial and related forms of learning and memoryCited 4,218 times
- Go sideways: Benveniste affairA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Jacques BenvenisteA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The supposed ability of water to retain a memory of substances previously dissolved in it after an arbitrarily large dilution.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Morris water maze: procedures for assessing spatial and related forms of learning and memory
Cooling-/water-responsive shape memory hybrids
Water-triggered shape memory of multiblock thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPUs)
The Memory of Water: an overview
Long short-term memory models of water quality in inland water environments
Reconsidering ‘spatial memory’ and the Morris water maze
Collagen skin, a water-sensitive shape memory material
Annual memory in the terrestrial water cycle
🆕 Influential since 2022
pH-dependent water permeability switching and its memory in MoS2 membranes
Water Level Forecasting Using Spatiotemporal Attention-Based Long Short-Term Memory Network
Water From the Lake of Memory: The Regulatory Model of Nostalgia
Evapotranspiration in the Amazon Basin: Couplings, hydrological memory and water feedback
Adaptive IR- and Water-Gating Textiles Based on Shape Memory Fibers
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕[Gasoline motor-boat for customs service at Corpus Christi, Texas.]United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations · 1876
Dunkle GesellschaftGert Loschütz · 2005- 📕What is water?Jamie Linton · 2010
Not Etched in StoneConn Marie A. · 2007- 📕Agua, silencio, memoria y Felisberto HernándezCarol Prunhuber · 1986
- 📕Catalogue of drawingsand watercolors in the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin CollegeOberlin College. Dudley Peter Allen Memorial Art Museum. · 1976
- 📕Lincoln Memorial, evaluation of murals and heating system, Washington, D.C. · 1993
El pacto de la lagunaLuis Ochoa Siguencia · 2026
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