Water memory is a theory, basic to homeopathy, which holds that water is capable of containing "memory" of particles dissolved in it. Some proponents of this theory believe that this information may be retrieved, and even transmitted via telephone or the Internet. This memory allows water to retain the properties of the original solute even when there is literally no solute left in the solution.

The theory is dismissed by mainstream science.

The most prominent research in this field was performed by the late French immunologist Jacques Benveniste, who attempted to construct a mechanistic explanation for homeopathy. Many of his results have not been successfully replicated in other laboratories.

A distantly related series of "polywater" experiments performed by Soviet scientist Boris Derjaguin led to a much research interest before it was determined that the findings resulted from poorly controlled experiments and theories.

See also

• Bad science
• Pathological science
• Pseudoscience
• Protoscience
• Junk science
• Scientific misconduct

External link

• DigiBio (http://www.digibio.com)

Reference

"Transatlantic Transfer of Digitized Antigen Signal by Telephone Link," J. Benveniste, P. Jurgens, W. Hsueh and J. Aissa, "Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology - Program and abstracts of papers to be presented during scientific sessions AAAAI/AAI.CIS Joint Meeting February 21-26, 1997"

fr:Mémoire de l'eau