In the search for reliable biomarker in other planetary environments such as Mars, we need molecules that are stable over geological timescales while preserving indicative information about their potential biological […]
Mass spectrometry is one of the most effective analytical methods for unknown compound identification. By comparing observed m/z spectra with a database of experimentally determined spectra, this process identifies compound(s) […]
The search for life in our solar system often involves efforts to detect organic molecules, which have been found on many extraterrestrial bodies, including planets, moons, meteorites, comets, and asteroids. […]
The early co-evolution of RNA and peptides is at the core of the RNA-peptide world hypothesis. Recent studies suggest that nucleotides and amino acids could have formed and polymerised non-enzymatically […]
The onset of Darwinian evolution represents a key step in the transition of chemical systems into living ones.
The transition of chemistry into biology is poorly understood. One of the key questions in this transition is how the inherently divergent nature of chemical reactions can be curtailed, allowing […]
The search for life in our solar system often involves efforts to detect organic molecules, which have been found on many extraterrestrial bodies, including planets, moons, meteorites, comets, and asteroids. […]
In this study, two-state spin-forbidden mechanisms are proposed for the barrierless formation of amide isomers in the C2H5NO family of molecules. This family belongs to the first level of complexity […]
Biochemistry is dependent upon enzyme catalysts accelerating key reactions. At the origin of life, prebiotic chemistry must have incorporated catalytic reactions.
The origin of life must have involved an unlikely transition from chaotic chemistry to reproducing supramolecular structures.
