Search results for primordial soup theory

Astrobiology Nov 29, 2023

Building blocks for life could have formed near new stars and planets

While life on Earth is relatively new, geologically speaking, the ingredients that combined to form it might be much older than once thought. According to research published in ACS Central Science, the simplest amino acid, ...

Biochemistry Nov 27, 2023

Molecular cooperation at the threshold of life

Protein-like aggregates known as amyloids can bind to molecules of genetic material. It is possible that these two types of molecules stabilized each other during the development of life—and that this might even have paved ...

Biochemistry Jun 28, 2023

How urea may have been the gateway to life

Researchers from ETH Zurich and the University of Geneva have developed a new method that allows them to observe chemical reactions taking place in liquids at extremely high temporal resolution. This means they can examine ...

Quantum Physics Mar 31, 2023

Seeing is more than believing: Exploring 'de Sitter space' to explain gravity in the expanding early universe

Having more tools helps; having the right tools is better. Utilizing multiple dimensions may simplify difficult problems—not only in science fiction but also in physics—and tie together conflicting theories.

Biochemistry Mar 10, 2023

Scientists identify substance that may have sparked life on Earth

A team of Rutgers scientists dedicated to pinpointing the primordial origins of metabolism—a set of core chemical reactions that first powered life on Earth—has identified part of a protein that could provide scientists ...

Evolution Nov 3, 2022

Water was both a necessity and a barrier to early life on Earth. Microdroplets are a potential solution to this paradox

It's a paradox: Life needs water to survive, but a world full of water can't generate the biomolecules that would have been essential for early life. Or so researchers thought.

Biochemistry Jul 20, 2022

Chemists create artificial protein that peers into Earth's chemical past

Scientists have developed an artificial protein that could offer new insights into chemical evolution on early Earth.

Plasma Physics Jun 8, 2022

How some high-energy particle 'jets' lose energy in the quark-gluon plasma

Scientists studying particle collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) have revealed how certain particle-jets lose energy as they traverse the unique form of nuclear matter created in these collisions. The ...

Evolution May 12, 2022

The origin of life: A paradigm shift

According to a new concept by LMU chemists led by Thomas Carell, it was a novel molecular species composed out of RNA and peptides that set in motion the evolution of life into more complex forms.

Quantum Physics Sep 20, 2021

Understanding photon collisions could aid search for physics beyond the Standard Model

Hot on the heels of proving an 87-year-old prediction that matter can be generated directly from light, Rice University physicists and their colleagues have detailed how that process may impact future studies of primordial ...

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