OoL digest — October 7 edition (corrected version)
This week we have 17 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!
A previous version was just sent with several papers missing. Sorry for the duplicate message.
Astrobiology
Investigating the stability of aromatic carboxylic acids in hydrated magnesium sulfate under UV irradiation to assist detection of organics on Mars
Alberini et al. — Scientific Reports
Polarized Signatures of the Earth Through Time: An Outlook for the Habitable Worlds Observatory
Gordon et al. — preprint
Effect of COVID-19 global lockdown on our Moon
Prasad et al. — Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Astrophysics
On the Age and Metallicity of Planet-hosting Triple Star Systems
Cuntz et al. — preprint
Optical design options for Pollux: UV spectropolarimeter project for the Habitable Worlds Observatory
Muslimov et al. — preprint
Biochemistry
Immunoanalytical Detection of Conserved Peptides: Refining the Universe of Biomarker Targets in Planetary Exploration
Mustieles-del-Ser et al. — Analytical Chemistry
Cross-catalytic enhancement of peptides and RNA from a common prebiotic activated intermediate
Roy et al. — preprint
High Nucleotide Skew Palindromic DNA Sequences Function as Potential Replication Origins due to their Unzipping Propensity
Sahu et al. — Journal of Molecular Evolution
Coenzyme-Protein Interactions since Early Life
Sanchez-Rocha et al. — preprint
Geoscience
Osmotic energy conversion in serpentinite-hosted deep-sea hydrothermal vents
Lee et al. — Nature Communications
Inhibition of phototrophic iron oxidation by nitric oxide in ferruginous environments
Nikeleit et al. — Nature Geoscience
Enhanced metamorphic CO2 release on the Proterozoic Earth
Stewart et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Subsurface Microbial Colonization at Mineral-Filled Veins in 2-Billion-Year-Old Mafic Rock from the Bushveld Igneous Complex, South Africa
Suzuki et al. — Microbial Ecology
Planetary Sciences
Rate-induced biosphere collapse in the Daisyworld model
Arnscheidt et al. — preprint
The Compositions of Rocky Planets in Close-in Orbits Tend to be Earth-Like
Brinkman et al. — preprint
HZ_evolution: A Package to Calculate Habitable Histories
Tuchow et al. — Research Notes of the AAS
Tidal evolution of Earth-like planets in the habitable zone of low-mass stars
Valente et al. — Astronomy & Astrophysics