OoL digest — September 16 edition
This week we have 19 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!
Artificial life
Self-Reproduction and Evolution in Cellular Automata: 25 Years After Evoloops
Sayama et al. — Artificial Life
Astrobiology
Waste Heat and Habitability: Constraints from Technological Energy Consumption
Balbi et al. — preprint
Projections of Earth’s technosphere. I. Scenario modeling, worldbuilding, and overview of remotely detectable technosignatures
Haqq-Misra et al. — preprint
Impacts on Ocean Worlds Are Sufficiently Frequent and Energetic to Be of Astrobiological Importance
MacKenzie et al. — The Planetary Science Journal
Detectability Simulations of a NIR Surface Biosignature on Proxima Centauri b with Future Space Observatories
Metz et al. — preprint
Molecular biosignatures in planetary analogue salts: implications for transport of organics in sulfate-rich brines beyond Earth
Moreras-Marti et al. — Geochemical Perspectives Letters
Astrochemistry
Unraveling the Interface Chemistry between HCN and Cosmic Silicates by the Interplay of Infrared Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Modeling
Bancone et al. — The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Ab initio Calculations for Astrochemistry
Tonolo et al. — preprint
Biochemistry
Iron: Life’s primeval transition metal
Johnson et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Prebiotic chiral transfer from self-aminoacylating ribozymes may favor either handedness
Kenchel et al. — Nature Communications
Chiral bifacial indacenodithiophene-based π-conjugated polymers with chirality-induced spin selectivity
Li et al. — Chemical Communications
Mapping Evolution of Molecules Across Biochemistry with Assembly Theory
Pagel et al. — preprint
Universal cold RNA phase transitions
Rissone et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Community-wide interactions sustain life in geothermal spring habitats
Stephens et al. — preprint
Chemistry
Molecular complexity as a driving force for the advancement of organic synthesis
Wright et al. — Nature Reviews Chemistry
Microbiology
Proteome-Wide Assessment of Protein Structural Perturbations under High Pressure
Moran et al. — PRX Life
Microbial richness and air chemistry in aerosols above the PBL confirm 2,000-km long-distance transport of potential human pathogens
Rodó et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Planetary sciences
Thermal and magnetic evolution of an Earth-like planet with a basal magma ocean
Lherm et al. — preprint
Impact sculpting of the early martian atmosphere
Shorttle et al. — Science Advances