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Photograph of the model hot spring pools system showing the assembled pools with temperature probes placed in the cups and heating pads inserted underneath for controlling temperature. Power supply provides electricity for heating pads, and an Arduino Uno is connected via USB-type-C cable to a laptop for PID (Proportional-IntegralDerivative) control. Blue-colored LEDs in the Arduino Uno turn off when the setpoint is reached and back on to maintain the temperature in the rehydration phase of the WD cycles. Water flow control is managed by the mini-peristaltic pumps connected to the water control unit. -- Astrobiology

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A Modular 3D-Printed Design To Investigate Prebiotic Chemical Systems In Hot Spring Pools

by Keith CowingMarch 30, 2026June 10, 2026

The emergence of protocells, membranous compartments with encapsulated genetic material, was a crucial step in life’s origin and evolution. The hot spring hypothesis for the origin of life suggests that […]

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A Modular 3D-Printed Design To Investigate Prebiotic Chemical Systems In Hot Spring Pools

“Astrobiyoloji: Evrendeki Yaşamı Anlamak” by Charles Cockell

Microbial Dispersion Via Aerosolization As An Evolutionary Trait

The Sensitivity Of TESS To Transiting Planets In TOIs With Close-in Stellar Companions

Titanium Oxide Absorption as a Proxy to Detect Long term Variation and Activity Cycle in Proxima Centauri

Strict Limits On Helium Absorption From LHS 1140 b From Four JWST NIRISS Transits