OoL digest — April 28
This week we have 21 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!
Astrobiology
The source of hydrogen in earth’s building blocks
Barrett et al. — Icarus
Spectroscopic Protocol for Biosignature Detection: Arctic Ice Samples as Analogs for Icy Moons
Calapez et al. — Astrobiology
Building Machine Learning Challenges for Anomaly Detection in Science
Campolongo et al. — preprint
A Complex Systems Approach to Exoplanet Atmospheric Chemistry: New Prospects for Ruling Out the Possibility of Alien Life-As-We-Know-It
Fisher et al. — preprint
Polarized Signatures of the Earth Through Time: An Outlook for the Habitable Worlds Observatory
Goodis Gordon et al. — The Astrophysical Journal
Improving Spectroscopic Detection Limits with Multi-Pixel Signal-to-Noise Ratio Calculations: Application to the SHERLOC Instrument aboard the Perseverance Rover
Jakubek et al. — Analytica Chimica Acta
Humidity Enhancement in Dry Permafrost: The Effects of Temperature Cycles on Habitability
Mellon et al. — Astrobiology
Surface Deposition of Icy Dust Entrained in Europa’s Plumes
Tseng et al. — The Planetary Science Journal
Carbonates identified by the Curiosity rover indicate a carbon cycle operated on ancient Mars
Tutolo et al. — Science
Applied Astrobiology: An Integrated Approach to the Future of Life in Space
Wordsworth et al. — Astrobiology
Fluorescent Biomolecules Detectable in Near-Surface Ice on Europa
Yoffe et al. — Astrobiology
Astrophysics
Uncertainties in the Inference of Internal Structure: The Case of TRAPPIST-1 f
Rice et al. — preprint
MHD Simulations Preliminarily Predict The Habitability and Radio Emission of TRAPPIST-1e
Wang et al. — preprint
Biochemistry
Revision of the Structure of Scytonemin Imine and Its Relationship to Scytonemin: Chromism and Implications for Astrobiology and Cyanobacterial Adaptability
Larson et al. — preprint
Biology
Raiding nature’s genetic toolbox for UV-C resistance by functional metagenomics
Roberts Kingman et al. — Scientific Reports
Biophysics
An algorithmic constraint at the transition to complex life
Ferrada — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Maximum Entropy Production Principle of Thermodynamics for the Birth and Evolution of Life
Sawada et al. — Entropy
Chemistry
Abiotic origin of the citric acid cycle intermediates
McAnally et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Microbiology
Emergence of coordinated cell division during the evolution of multicellularity
Perez et al. — preprint
Planetary sciences
Supercooling, Glass Formation, and Mineral Assemblages upon Freezing of Salty Ice Grains from Enceladus’s Ocean
Klenner et al. — The Planetary Science Journal
Landscape Evolution Models of Incision on Mars: Implications for the Ancient Climate
Steckel et al. — Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets