OoL digest — February 17
This week we have 14 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!
Astrobiology
The EXO-UV program: lastest advances of experimental studies to investigate the biological impact of UV radiation on exoplanets
Abrevaya et al. — preprint
BARBIE. Bayesian Analysis for Remote Biosignature Identification on exoEarths. III. Introducing the KEN
Latouf et al. — The Astronomical Journal
Fifty years of astrobiology: mapping researcher communities with topic-based network analyses
Malaterre et al. — International Journal of Astrobiology
A reassessment of the “hard-steps” model for the evolution of intelligent life
Mills et al. — Science Advances
Prospects for biological evolution on Hycean worlds
Mitchell et al. — preprint
Impacts of UV Radiation from an AGN on Planetary Atmospheres and Consequences for Galactic Habitability
Sippy et al. — preprint
Astrochemistry
On the abiotic origin of dimethyl sulfide: discovery of DMS in the Interstellar Medium
Sanz-Novo et al. — preprint
Astrophysics
Increased Surface Temperatures of Habitable White Dwarf Worlds Relative to Main-sequence Exoplanets
Shields et al. — The Astrophysical Journal
Predicting the detectability of sulphur-bearing molecules in the solid phase with simulated spectra of JWST instruments
Taillard et al. — preprint
Biochemistry
Chromatin conformation, gene transcription, and nucleosome remodeling as an emergent system
Almassalha et al. — Science Advances
Evolution of complex chemical mixtures reveals combinatorial compression and population synchronicity
Matange et al. — Nature Chemistry
Abiotic Ribonucleoside Formation in Aqueous Microdroplets: Mechanistic Exploration, Acidity, and Electric Field Effects
Piejko et al. — ChemistryEurope
Geoscience
Rapid rise of early ocean pH under elevated weathering rates
Guo et al. — Nature Geoscience
Mathematical biology
Optimal multi-time-scale estimates for diluted autocatalytic chemical networks. (1) Introduction and $σ^*$-dominant case
Unterberger — preprint