OoL digest — June 3 edition
This week we have 26 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!
Astrobiology
The Concept of Life on Venus Informs the Concept of Habitability
Cockell et al. — Astrobiology
Lethal surface ozone concentrations are possible on habitable zone exoplanets
Cooke et al. — preprint
Quantifying the Potential for Nitrate-Dependent Iron Oxidation on Early Mars: Implications for the Interpretation of Gale Crater Organics
Fifer et al. — Astrobiology
Is there a universal limit to technological development? Evidences from astrobiology
Gelis-Filho — Futures
The Limits, Capabilities, and Potential for Life Detection with MinION Sequencing in a Paleochannel Mars Analog
Maggiori et al. — Astrobiology
Visualizing hidden communities of interest: A case-study analysis of topic-based social networks in astrobiology
Malaterre et al. — Scientometrics
Abiotic formation of alkylsulfonic acids in interstellar analog ices and implications for their detection on Ryugu
McAnally et al. — Nature Communications
Astrophysics
MHD simulations of the space weather in Proxima b: Habitability conditions and radio emission
Peña-Moñino et al. — preprint
Fleeting but not Forgotten: the Imprint of Escaping Hydrogen Atmospheres on Super-Earth Interiors
Rogers et al. — preprint
Paths to Robust Exoplanet Science Yield Margin for the Habitable Worlds Observatory
Stark et al. — preprint
Improving Earth-like planet detection in radial velocity using deep learning
Zhao et al. — preprint
Biochemistry
The Role of Metabolism in Shaping Enzyme Structures Over 400 Million Years of Evolution
Lemke et al. — preprint
Mg2+-driven selection of natural phosphatidic acids in primitive membranes
Madanan et al. — preprint
Chimeric Origins and Dynamic Evolution of Central Carbon Metabolism in Eukaryotes
Molina et al. — preprint
Autocatalytic Selection as a Driver for the Origin of Life
Williamson — Life (Basel, Switzerland)
Chemistry
The Winding Road from Origin to Emergence (of Life)
Nitschke et al. — Life
Stereoselective amino acid synthesis by photobiocatalytic oxidative coupling
Wang et al. — Nature
Geology
Discovery of modern living intertidal stromatolites on Sheybarah Island, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia
Vahrenkamp et al. — Geology
Mathematical biology
Balance between asymmetric allocation and repair of somatic damage in unicellular life forms as an ancient form of r/K selection
Biba et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Microbiology
Haematococcus lacustris Carotenogensis: A Historical Event of Primary to Secondary Adaptations to Earth’s Oxygenation
Qu et al. — Life (Basel, Switzerland)
Convergence and horizontal gene transfer drive the evolution of anaerobic methanotrophy in archaea
Woods et al. — preprint
Philosophy
Is Life Binary or Gradual?
Malaterre — Life
Physics
Thermodynamic Bounds on Symmetry Breaking in Linear and Catalytic Biochemical Systems
Liang et al. — Physical Review Letters
Planetary sciences
New Estimates of Nitrogen Fixation on Early Earth
Christensen et al. — Life
A heterogeneous mantle and crustal structure formed during the early differentiation of Mars
Day et al. — Science Advances
Tectonic trigger to the first major extinction of the Phanerozoic: The early Cambrian Sinsk event
Myrow et al. — Science Advances