OoL digest — August 19 edition
This week we have 8 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!
Astrobiology
Astrobiological Potential of Rocks Acquired by the Perseverance Rover at a Sedimentary Fan Front in Jezero Crater, Mars
Bosak et al. — AGU Advances
On the Peril of Inferring Phytoplankton Properties from Remote-Sensing Observations
Prochaska et al. — preprint
Astrophysics
Climate Regimes Across the Habitable Zone: a Comparison of Synchronous Rocky M- and K-dwarf Planets
Lobo et al. — preprint
Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES). II. An Observation Strategy for the Target Stars
Tan et al. — preprint
Ultraviolet Technology To Prepare For The Habitable Worlds Observatory
Tuttle et al. — preprint
Chemistry
Understanding the Role of Layered Minerals in the Emergence and Preservation of Proto-Proteins and Detection of Traces of Early Life
Stewart et al. — Accounts of Chemical Research
Computational biology
Selection for Photocatalytic Function through Darwinian Evolution of Synthetic Self-Replicators
Liu et al. — preprint
Planetary sciences
Experimental Snowball Earth Viscosity Drives the Evolution of Motile Multicellularity
Halling et al. — preprint