OoL digest — January 6
This week we have 7 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!
Astrobiology
The Fate of Oceans on First-Generation Planets Orbiting White Dwarfs
Becker et al. — preprint
Reasons why life on Earth rarely makes fluorine-containing compounds and their implications for the search for life beyond Earth
Petkowski et al. — Scientific Reports
An Icy Worlds life detection strategy based on Exo-AUV
Wang et al. — Science China Earth Sciences
Astrophysics
Novel SiC UV Instrumentation Development with Potential Applications for the Habitable Worlds Observatory
Saxena et al. — preprint
Mathematical biology
Biomathematical enzyme kinetics model of prebiotic autocatalytic RNA networks: degenerating parasite-specific hyperparasite catalysts confer parasite resistance and herald the birth of molecular immunity
Pirovino et al. — PLOS Computational Biology
Planetary sciences
Habitability in 4-D: Predicting the Climates of Earth Analogs across Rotation and Orbital Configurations
Adams et al. — preprint
Laboratory Studies on the Influence of Hydrogen on Titan-like Photochemistry
Ugelow et al. — ACS Earth & Space Chemistry