OoL digest — June 17 edition
This week we have 20 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!
Astrobiology
Marine Science Can Contribute to the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Life
Aguzzi et al. — Life
Soluble Organic Compounds and Cyanide in Apollo 17 Lunar Samples: Origins and Curation Effects
Elsila et al. — Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
Rebuilding the Habitable Zone from the Bottom up with Computational Zones
Scharf et al. — Astrobiology
Evidence for transient morning water frost deposits on the Tharsis volcanoes of Mars
Valantinas et al. — Nature Geoscience
Astrochemistry
Deep Search for Phosphine in a Prestellar Core
Furuya et al. — preprint
Design and Implementation of a New Apparatus for Astrochemistry: Kinetic Measurements of the CH + OCS Reaction and Frequency Comb Spectroscopy in a Cold Uniform Supersonic Flow
Lucas et al. — preprint
A fast neural emulator for interstellar chemistry
Ramos et al. — preprint
Astrophysics
A possible direct exposure of the Earth to the cold dense interstellar medium 2–3 Myr ago
Opher et al. — Nature Astronomy
Biochemistry
Ancient nitrogenases are ATP dependent
Harris et al. — mBio
Metal ions turn on a stereoselective nonenzymatic reduction of keto acids by the coenzyme NADH
Mayer et al. — Chem
Biology
Fundamental Constraints to the Logic of Living Systems
Solé et al. — preprint
Chemistry
Chemically Driven Self-Division in Protocells Models.
Zambrano et al. — preprint
Geology
The Cambrian microfossil Qingjiangonema reveals the co-evolution of sulfate-reducing bacteria and the oxygenation of Earth’s surface
Cui et al. — Science Bulletin
Onset of the Earth’s hydrological cycle four billion years ago or earlier
Gamaleldien et al. — Nature Geoscience
Onset of coupled atmosphere–ocean oxygenation 2.3 billion years ago
Ostrander et al. — Nature
Microbiology
A comparative ultrastructure study of the tardigrade Ramazzottius varieornatus in the hydrated state, after desiccation and during the process of rehydration
Galas et al. — PLOS ONE
Minimal and hybrid hydrogenases are active from archaea
Greening et al. — Cell
Foundations for reconstructing early microbial life
Kacar — preprint
Planetary sciences
Rocky planet formation in compact disks around M dwarfs
Sanchez et al. — preprint
B1-B2 transition in shock-compressed MgO
Wicks et al. — Science Advances