OoL digest — September 15
This week we have 16 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!
Artificial Life
Life at the boundary of chemical kinetics and program execution
Fischbacher — Physical Review E
Prebiotic Functional Programs: Endogenous Selection in an Artificial Chemistry
Vimal et al. — preprint
Astrobiology
Redox-driven mineral and organic associations in Jezero Crater, Mars
Hurowitz et al. — Nature
Late fluid flow in a primitive asteroid revealed by Lu–Hf isotopes in Ryugu
Iizuka et al. — Nature
Reassessment of Kepler's habitable zone Earth-like exoplanets with data-driven null-signal templates
Robnik et al. — preprint
Fresh rockfalls near the landing site of ExoMars Rosalind Franklin Rover: drivers, trafficability, and implications
Sokołowska et al. — npj Space Exploration
A Deep SETI Search for Technosignatures in the TRAPPIST-1 System with FAST
Song et al. — preprint
Bioverse: Assessing the Ability of Direct Imaging Surveys to Empirically Constrain the Habitable Zone via Trends in Albedo
Tuchow et al. — preprint
Astrophysics
JWST-TST DREAMS: Secondary Atmosphere Constraints for the Habitable Zone Planet TRAPPIST-1 e
Glidden et al. — The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Toward Alternative Earths' Habitability of Solar System Bodies at Earth's Orbit
Razak — preprint
Microbiology
Flatworm cocoons in the abyss: same plan under pressure
Kakui et al. — Biology Letters
The effects of brines relevant to Mars and the ocean worlds on bacterial growth reflect salt-specific responses across water activity
Zbeeb et al. — Archives of Microbiology
Ice gliding diatoms establish record-low temperature limits for motility in a eukaryotic cell
Zhang et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Physics
Spatial Patterning and Selection: How the Environment Shapes Molecular Complexity
Champagne-Ruel et al. — preprint
Planetary Sciences
Volcanic emission of reduced sulfur species shaped the climate of early Mars
Bellino et al. — Science Advances
Off-lattice Microscopic Monte Carlo Modeling of Molecular Hydrogen Formation on Carbonaceous Dust Grains
Satonkin et al. — preprint