OoL digest — March 21st edition
This week we have 7 preprints and 9 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!
Artificial life
Emergence of Self-Reproducing Metabolisms as Recursive Algorithms in an Artificial Chemistry – Kruszewski et al. – Artificial Life
Astrobiology
Assessment of Microbial Habitability Across Solar System Targets – Atri et al. – preprint
Color Catalogue of Life in Ice: Surface Biosignatures on Icy Worlds – Coelho et al. – Astrobiology
Opportunities for Technosignature Science in the Astro2020 Report – Haqq-Misra et al. – preprint
Science Objectives for Flagship-Class Mission Concepts for the Search for Evidence of Life at Enceladus – MacKenzie et al. – Astrobiology
Biochemistry
Autocatalytic Sets: Complexity at the Interface of Chemistry and Biology – Hordijk – preprint
Water cycles in a Hadean CO2 atmosphere drive the evolution of long DNA – Ianeselli et al. – Nature Physics
A Nonenzymatic Analog of Pyrimidine Nucleobase Biosynthesis – Yi et al. – Angewandte Chemie
Bioinformatics
Evolutionary transition from a single RNA replicator to a multiple replicator network – Mizuuchi et al. – Nature Communications
Biophysics
Energy and Matter Supply for Active Droplets – Bauermann et al. – preprint
Geology
The role of porosity in H2/He production ratios in fracture fluids from the Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa – Karolytė et al. – Chemical Geology
Planetary Science
The curious consistency of carbon biosignatures over billions of years of Earth-life coevolution – Garcia et al. – The ISME Journal
Chemical Habitability: Supply and Retention of Life’s Essential Elements During Planet Formation – Krijt et al. – preprint
Geophysical Evolution During Rocky Planet Formation – Lichtenberg et al. – preprint
Continuous Habitable Zones: Using Bayesian Methods to Prioritize Characterization of Potentially Habitable Worlds – Ware et al. – preprint
Statistical Physics
Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamic Foundations of the Origin of Life – Michaelian – Foundations