One of the longest standing open problems in science is how life arises from non-living matter.
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Silicon Is The Next Frontier In Plant Synthetic Biology
Silicon has striking similarity with carbon and is found in plant cells. However, there is no specific role that has been assigned to silicon in the life cycle of plants.
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An RNA Condensate Model For The Origin Of Life
The RNA World hypothesis predicts that self-replicating RNAs evolved before DNA genomes and coded proteins. Despite widespread support for the RNA World, self-replicating RNAs have yet to be identified in […]
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Xeno Amino Acids: A Look Into Biochemistry As We Don’t Know It
Would Another Origin Of Life Resemble Earth’s Biochemical Use Of Amino Acids? Here we review current knowledge at three levels: