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What Powered the Earth’s Earliest Life?

Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry

What Powered the Earth’s Earliest Life?

The RNA-First Fallacy: Conflating Evolutionary Ancestry with Prebiotic Primacy

Origin & Evolution of Life

The RNA-First Fallacy: Conflating Evolutionary Ancestry with Prebiotic Primacy

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

A Glimpse At The Origins Of Life Through A Deceptive Mirror

Astrochemistry

A Glimpse At The Origins Of Life Through A Deceptive Mirror

Liquid–liquid Phase Separation As A Driver Of Abiogenesis And Evolution

Origin & Evolution of Life

Liquid–liquid Phase Separation As A Driver Of Abiogenesis And Evolution

Novel Chemical Pathways For The Formation Of Nucleobase Precursors Via Benzene π-Bond Addition To HCN

Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry

Novel Chemical Pathways For The Formation Of Nucleobase Precursors Via Benzene π-Bond Addition To HCN

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

How The Rise Of Continents May Have Set The Stage For Life On Earth

Astrogeology

How The Rise Of Continents May Have Set The Stage For Life On Earth

New Sulfur-dependent Ecosystem In A Gas Vent In The Depths Of The Chilean Pacific

Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments

New Sulfur-dependent Ecosystem In A Gas Vent In The Depths Of The Chilean Pacific

Flare-driven Habitability: Expanding Life’s Potential Around Low-mass Stars

Biophysics

Flare-driven Habitability: Expanding Life’s Potential Around Low-mass Stars

Water Molecules Found To Actively Drive Gene Transcription ProcessUniversity of California – San Diego

Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry

Water Molecules Found To Actively Drive Gene Transcription ProcessUniversity of California – San Diego

Responses of Cyanobacterial Crusts and Microbial Communities to Extreme Environments of the Stratosphere

Analog Studies

Responses of Cyanobacterial Crusts and Microbial Communities to Extreme Environments of the Stratosphere

Understanding Life And Homochirality

Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry

Understanding Life And Homochirality

Tricorder Tech: DIYNAFLUOR: An Affordable DIY Plug-and-Play Nucleic Acid Fluorometer for eDNA Quantification in Resource Limited Settings

Tricorders & Sensors

Tricorder Tech: DIYNAFLUOR: An Affordable DIY Plug-and-Play Nucleic Acid Fluorometer for eDNA Quantification in Resource Limited Settings

Mapping The Molecules Of Life: Expanding The Quantum-mechanical Foundation For Biomolecular AI

AI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics

Mapping The Molecules Of Life: Expanding The Quantum-mechanical Foundation For Biomolecular AI

Discovery Of A Universal Enzyme That Makes All Four Nucleotide Building Blocks Of Life

Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics

Discovery Of A Universal Enzyme That Makes All Four Nucleotide Building Blocks Of Life

Computational Chemistry And Supercomputers To Help Understand The Mechanisms Of Life

Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry

Computational Chemistry And Supercomputers To Help Understand The Mechanisms Of Life

A Ribozyme Mass Extinction At The RNA-cellular Boundary And Its Potential Imprint On The Genetic Code

Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics

A Ribozyme Mass Extinction At The RNA-cellular Boundary And Its Potential Imprint On The Genetic Code

Amino Acids as Molecular Linchpins in the Fundamental Prebiotic Processes of RNA Copying and Vesicle Formation

Origin & Evolution of Life

Amino Acids as Molecular Linchpins in the Fundamental Prebiotic Processes of RNA Copying and Vesicle Formation

Flare-driven Habitability: Expanding Life’s Potential Around Low-mass Stars

Habitable Zones

Flare-driven Habitability: Expanding Life’s Potential Around Low-mass Stars