New Recipes for Origin of Life May Point Way to Distant, Inhabited Planets
A team has written a cookbook with hundreds of recipes that have the potential to give rise to life
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Meteoritic and Volcanic Particles May Have Promoted Origin of Life Reactions
Iron-rich particles promotes conversion of carbon dioxide into hydrocarbons, alcohols, and aldehydes
New Models Shed Light on Life’s Origin
The research reveals clues about the physical and chemical characteristics of Earth when life is thought to have emerged
Building Blocks for RNA-Based Life Abound at Center of Our Galaxy
Key precursors for life on Earth are abundant in interstellar Molecular Clouds, could have reached Earth inside meteors
Researchers Publish New Theory of Life’s Multiple Origins
Researchers argue that in order to recognize life’s full range of forms, we must develop a new theoretical frame
Lab One Step Closer to Understanding How Life Began on Earth
Researchers at Simon Fraser University have isolated a genetic clue—an enzyme known as an RNA polymerase—that provides new insights about the origins of life
How 'Great' Was the Great Oxygenation Event?
A look at enzyme evolution suggests life figured out how to use oxygen long before the main event
Discovery Boosts Theory That Life on Earth Arose from RNA-DNA Mix
Newly described chemical reaction could have assembled DNA building blocks before life forms and their enzymes existed
New Organic Compounds Discovered That Could Have Helped Form the First Cells
Researchers screened a wide variety of simple organic compounds to see if they could form polymers under early Earth conditions
In Search of the Z Boson
KIT scientists participate in the Belle II accelerator experiment that has now published first results