OoL digest — April 21
This week we have 20 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!
Astrobiology
Necessary Conditions for Earthly Life Floating in the Venusian Atmosphere
Abreu et al. — preprint
Strong Evidence that Abiogenesis Is a Rapid Process on Earth Analogs
Kipping — Astrobiology
New Constraints on DMS and DMDS in the Atmosphere of K2-18 b from JWST MIRI
Madhusudhan et al. — preprint
Diverse and highly differentiated lava suite in Jezero crater, Mars: Constraints on intracrustal magmatism revealed by Mars 2020 PIXL
Schmidt et al. — Science Advances
Prospects for Detecting Signs of Life on Exoplanets in the JWST Era
Seager et al. — preprint
Perihelion history and atmospheric survival as primary drivers of the Earth’s meteorite record
Shober et al. — Nature Astronomy
An Agnostic Biosignature Based on Modeling Panspermia and Terraformation
Smith et al. — preprint
Raman Spectroscopy as a Tool to Measure Silanol as Evidence of Water–Rock Interactions for Astrobiological Exploration
Tsukada et al. — Astrobiology
Raman Spectroscopy as a Tool to Measure Silanol as Evidence of Water–Rock Interactions for Astrobiological Exploration
Tsukada et al. — Astrobiology
Astrochemistry
Isomerisation of phosphabutyne and a photochemical route to phosphabutadiyne (HC3P), a phosphorus analogue of cyanoacetylene
Lawzer et al. — Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Biochemistry
The salty tango of brine composition and UV photochemistry effects on Halobacterium salinarum cell envelope biosignature preservation
Bourmancé et al. — Communications Biology
Structural evolution of nitrogenase enzymes over geologic time
Cuevas et al. — preprint
RNA condensates as platforms for prebiotic chemistry
Hauf et al. — preprint
Biological molybdenum usage stems back to 3.4 billion years ago
Klos et al. — preprint
On the role of α-alumina in the origin of life: Surface-driven assembly of amino acids
Wang et al. — Science Advances
Biology
The emergence of eukaryotes as an evolutionary algorithmic phase transition
Muro et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Geoscience
The source of hydrogen in earth’s building blocks
Barrett et al. — Icarus
Extant life detection using label-free video microscopy in analog aquatic environments
Snyder et al. — PLOS One
Mathematical biology
Bifurcations and Phase Transitions in the Origins of Life
Solé et al. — preprint
Planetary sciences
Carbonates identified by the Curiosity rover indicate a carbon cycle operated on ancient Mars
Tutolo et al. — Science