Precursors of the molecules needed for the origin of life may have been generated by chemical reactions promoted by iron-rich particles from meteors or volcanic eruptions on Earth approximately 4.4 billion years ago, according ...
Astrobiology
May 25, 2023
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Researchers at the University of California San Diego have identified the conditions for cell metabolism to emerge on the early Earth, shedding new light on the origins of life itself, along with the fundamental nature of ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 19, 2023
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How did catalytic organic polymers emerge on prebiotic Earth? Answering this essential question will unlock key understandings in the origin of life.
Biochemistry
May 11, 2023
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Microbes are just about everywhere, from the soil to the air to Arctic ice to oceans, lakes, and rivers—not to mention all over your body and the phone or computer you're using right now.
Astrobiology
Apr 25, 2023
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The first signs of life emerged on Earth in the form of microbes about four billion years ago. While scientists are still determining exactly when and how these microbes appeared, it's clear that the emergence of life is ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 10, 2023
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A team of scientists from France and Austria has discovered a new abiotic pathway for the formation of peptide chains from amino acids—a key chemical step in the origin of life. The current study provides strong evidence ...
Biochemistry
Feb 10, 2023
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The synthetic production of a critical building block called methanediamine for the first time, by researchers in University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's Department of Chemistry, could lead to key insights into the origins of ...
Biochemistry
Dec 13, 2022
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Purdue University chemists have uncovered a mechanism for peptide-forming reactions to occur in water—something that has puzzled scientists for decades.
Biochemistry
Oct 3, 2022
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Does the existence of life on Earth tell us anything about the probability of abiogenesis—the origin of life from inorganic substances—arising elsewhere? That's a question that has confounded scientists, and anyone else ...
Astrobiology
Sep 26, 2022
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Using a powerful microscope, researchers at The University of Alabama have shown a method that can provide strong data in determining the origin of life on Earth and whether life existed on other planets.
Earth Sciences
Sep 9, 2022
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