An international and multi-disciplinary team coordinated by Abderrazak El Albani at the Institut de chimie des milieux et matériaux de Poitiers (CNRS/Université de Poitiers) has uncovered the oldest fossilised traces […]
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Bleach a Possible Key to Life on Earth
Hydrogen peroxide — commonly used as hair bleach — may have provided the energy source for the development of life on Earth, two applied mathematicians have found. The heat from […]
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Finding the Origins of Life in a Drying Puddle
Anyone who’s ever noticed a water puddle drying in the sun has seen an environment that may have driven the type of chemical reactions that scientists believe were critical to […]
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Ancient Minerals: Which Gave Rise to Life?
Life originated as a result of natural processes that exploited early Earth’s raw materials. Scientific models of life’s origins almost always look to minerals for such essential tasks as the […]