OoL digest — December 25 edition
This week we have 11 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!
Astrobiology
First exploration of the runaway greenhouse transition with a 3D General Circulation Model
Chaverot et al. – Astronomy & Astrophysics
Information Transmission via Molecular Communication in Astrobiological Environments
Lingam – Astrobiology
Helium Leak Rate Measurements of Flight-like Mars 2020 Sample Tubes
Osterhout et al. – Astrobiology
Characterization of Sulfur-Rich Microbial Organic Matter in Jurassic Carbonates Using Laser-Assisted Mass Spectrometry
Thlaijeh et al. – Astrobiology
Astrophysics
Atmospheres as a Window to Rocky Exoplanet Surfaces
Byrne et al. – preprint
Biochemistry
Replication elongates short DNA, reduces sequence bias and develops trimer structure
Calaça Serrão et al. – Nucleic Acids Research
Effect of Alkali- and Alkaline-Earth-Metal Promoters on Silica-Supported Co-Fe Alloy for Autocatalytic CO2 Fixation
Song et al. – Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Planetary sciences
Oxidation of iron by giant impact and its implication on the formation of reduced atmosphere in the early Earth
Choi et al. – Science Advances
Statistical physics
AssemblyCA: A Benchmark of Open-Endedness for Discrete Cellular Automata
Patarroyo et al. – preprint
Synthetic life
Establishing chromosomal design-build-test-learn through a synthetic chromosome and its combinatorial reconfiguration
Foo et al. – Cell Genomics
Concepts of a synthetic minimal cell: Information molecules, metabolic pathways, and vesicle reproduction
Kurisu et al. – Biophysics and Physicobiology