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Stereoselective Phosphorylation of d-Ribose as a Driver of Life’s Homochirality

Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry

Stereoselective Phosphorylation of d-Ribose as a Driver of Life’s Homochirality

Deep-time Consistency In Proteome Elemental Composition Across Cellular And Viral Life

Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics

Deep-time Consistency In Proteome Elemental Composition Across Cellular And Viral Life

An Organics-forward Approach To Searching For Life On Mars

Mars

An Organics-forward Approach To Searching For Life On Mars

Artificial Intelligence Aided Design Of Peptides With Custom Secondary Structure Motifs And Reduced Amino Acid Alphabets

Nanotechnology & SynBio

Artificial Intelligence Aided Design Of Peptides With Custom Secondary Structure Motifs And Reduced Amino Acid Alphabets

A Clue For The Hen And Egg Question: The Simultaneous Formation Of Uracil And Amino Acids Under Simulated Hadean Conditions

Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics

A Clue For The Hen And Egg Question: The Simultaneous Formation Of Uracil And Amino Acids Under Simulated Hadean Conditions

New Method Sharpens The Search For Alien Biology

Astrobiology (general)

New Method Sharpens The Search For Alien Biology

Mineral-facilitated Aqueous Synthesis Of Hydrogen Cyanide From Prebiotically Abundant Amino Acids For Chemical Evolution

Origin & Evolution of Life

Mineral-facilitated Aqueous Synthesis Of Hydrogen Cyanide From Prebiotically Abundant Amino Acids For Chemical Evolution

Quantifying Building Blocks of Life in Planetary Analog Materials: Implications for Prebiotic Chemistry and Biosignature Identification

Biosignatures & Paleobiology

Quantifying Building Blocks of Life in Planetary Analog Materials: Implications for Prebiotic Chemistry and Biosignature Identification

Distinguishing Life From Non-life Via Molecular Frontier Orbital Energy Gaps

Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry

Distinguishing Life From Non-life Via Molecular Frontier Orbital Energy Gaps

Amino Acids Discovered In Asteroid Bennu Formed In Space In The Early Solar System

Biosignatures & Paleobiology

Amino Acids Discovered In Asteroid Bennu Formed In Space In The Early Solar System

Abiotic Formation Of Nitrile Precursors To Amino Acids And Nucleobases In Interstellar Ice Analogues

Astrochemistry

Abiotic Formation Of Nitrile Precursors To Amino Acids And Nucleobases In Interstellar Ice Analogues

New Research Reveals That Complex Building Blocks Of Life Form Spontaneously In Space

Astrochemistry

New Research Reveals That Complex Building Blocks Of Life Form Spontaneously In Space

Entropy-Driven Amino Acid-Based Coacervates with Enzyme-Free Metabolism and Prebiotic Robustness

Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry

Entropy-Driven Amino Acid-Based Coacervates with Enzyme-Free Metabolism and Prebiotic Robustness

The Emergence Of Prebiotic Chemistry In The Interstellar Medium (ISM)

Astrochemistry

The Emergence Of Prebiotic Chemistry In The Interstellar Medium (ISM)

All Life Copies DNA Unambiguously Into Proteins. Archaea May Be The Exception.

Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics

All Life Copies DNA Unambiguously Into Proteins. Archaea May Be The Exception.

Prebiotically Plausible Peptides Can Self-assemble Into β-rich Nanostructures

Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics

Prebiotically Plausible Peptides Can Self-assemble Into β-rich Nanostructures

Ancient Amino Acid Sets Enable Stable Protein Folds

Origin & Evolution of Life

Ancient Amino Acid Sets Enable Stable Protein Folds

SynBio: A Ring Has Been Added Onto Existing Ribosome Proteins

Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry

SynBio: A Ring Has Been Added Onto Existing Ribosome Proteins

Ice Mixed With Amino Acids Stores Methane In Minutes

Astrochemistry

Ice Mixed With Amino Acids Stores Methane In Minutes

New Study Reveals Why Nature Picked Today’s Proteins

Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics

New Study Reveals Why Nature Picked Today’s Proteins