OoL digest — October 28 edition
This week we have 25 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!
Astrobiology
A Machine-Learning Approach to Biosignature Exploration on Early Earth and Mars Using Sulfur Isotope and Trace Element Data in Pyrite
Figueroa et al. — Astrobiology
Alunite in Cross Crater, Mars: Evidence for a Possible Site of Ancient Life
Ranalli et al. — Astrobiology
Rapid Destruction of Lipid Biomarkers Under Simulated Cosmic Radiation
Roussel et al. — Astrobiology
Generative AI for Overall Mission Effectiveness at the Habitable Worlds Observatory
Shabram et al. — preprint
The Detectability of CH$_4$/CO$_2$/CO and N$_2$O Biosignatures through Reflection Spectroscopy of Terrestrial Exoplanets
Tokadjian et al. — preprint
Radiation-Driven Destruction of Thiophene and Methyl-Substituted Thiophenes
Tribbett et al. — Astrobiology
Self-sustaining living habitats in extraterrestrial environments
Wordsworth et al. — preprint
Astrochemistry
Detection of interstellar 1-cyanopyrene: A four-ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
Wenzel et al. — Science
Astrophysics
The erosion of large primary atmospheres typically leaves behind substantial secondary atmospheres on temperate rocky planets
Krissansen-Totton et al. — Nature Communications
Biochemistry
Darwinian Evolution of Self-Replicating DNA in a Synthetic Protocell
Abil et al. — Nature Communications
Cross-chiral exponential amplification of an RNA enzyme
Cochrane et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
From Catalysis of Evolution to Evolution of Catalysis
Edri et al. — Accounts of Chemical Research
Synthetic syntrophy for adenine nucleotide cross-feeding between metabolically active nanoreactors
Heinen et al. — Nature Nanotechnology
Cu-Catalyzed Enantioselective Borylative Desymmetrization of 1-Vinyl Cyclobutanols and Axial-to-Point Chirality Transfer in a Diastereoconvergent/Stereoretentive Allylation Scenery
Hurtado et al. — Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Chemiosmotic nutrient transport in synthetic cells powered by electrogenic antiport coupled to decarboxylation
Patiño-Ruiz et al. — Nature Communications
On the Roles of Protein Intrinsic Disorder in the Origin of Life and Evolution
Uversky — Life
Biology
Pioneers of Origin of Life Studies—Darwin, Oparin, Haldane, Miller, Oró—And the Oldest Known Records of Life
Schopf — Life
Chemistry
Nonequilibrium properties of autocatalytic networks
Despons — preprint
Self-Shielding Enhanced Organics Synthesis in an Early Reduced Earth’s Atmosphere
Yoshida et al. — Astrobiology
Geosciences
Effect of a giant meteorite impact on Paleoarchean surface environments and life
Drabon et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Alternative sources of molybdenum for Methanococcus maripaludis and their implication for the evolution of molybdoenzymes
Payne et al. — Communications Biology
Microbiology
Chemolithoautotrophic bacteria flourish at dark water-ice interfaces of an emerged Arctic cold seep
Delpech et al. — The ISME Journal
Planetary sciences
Stellar Wind Contribution to the Origin of Water on the Surface of Oxygen-containing Minerals
Civiš et al. — The Astrophysical Journal
Hic Sunt Dracones: Uncovering Dynamical Perturbers Within the Habitable Zone
Kane et al. — preprint
Atmospheric oxidation drove climate change on Noachian Mars
Liu et al. — Nature Communications