Solid surfaces have long been considered catalysts in prebiotic chemistry, yet their physical energy has rarely been explored as a driver of protocell assembly.
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Membrane Permeability Selection Drove the Stereochemistry of Life
Early in the evolution of life a proto-metabolic network was encapsulated within a membrane compartment. The permeability characteristics of the membrane determined several key functions of this network by determining […]
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Decoding Conversations Between Microbes Of Hypersaline Environments Reveals Insights Into Origins Of Complex Life
Single-celled organisms, such as bacteria and archaea, have developed many ways to communicate with each other. For example, they might use tiny so-called extracellular vesicles (EVs) – membrane-enveloped packages smaller […]
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‘Lava lamp’ Vesicles Show How Cells Could Self-organize
The inside of a living cell is crowded with large, complex molecules. New research on how these molecules could spontaneously organize themselves could further our understanding of how cells manage […]