OoL digest — September 23 edition
This week we have 13 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!
Astrobiology
On Interstellar Quantum Communication and the Fermi Paradox
Boyle — preprint
Efficient genetic code expansion without host genome modifications
Costello et al. — Nature Biotechnology
Creation of an Fe$_3$P Schreibersite Density Functional Tight Binding Model for Astrobiological Simulations
Dettori et al. — preprint
Substantial extension of the lifetime of the terrestrial biosphere
Graham et al. — preprint
Stable carbon isotope evolution of formaldehyde on early Mars
Koyama et al. — Scientific Reports
Statistics and Habitability of F-type Star–Planet Systems
Patel et al. — The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
A Radio Technosignature Search of TRAPPIST-1 with the Allen Telescope Array
Tusay et al. — preprint
Observation of significant photosynthesis in garden cress and cyanobacteria under simulated illumination from a K dwarf star
Vilović et al. — International Journal of Astrobiology
Astrophysics
Unveiling habitable planets: Toy coronagraph tackles the exozodiacal dust challenge
Lin — preprint
Nightside Clouds on Tidally-locked Terrestrial Planets Mimic Atmosphere-Free Scenarios
Powell et al. — preprint
Biochemistry
Coenzymes in a pre-enzymatic metabolism
Dherbassy et al. — Science Advances
Chemistry
New Estimates of Nitrogen Fixation on Early Earth
Christensen et al. — Life
Planetary sciences
Self-oxidation of the atmospheres of rocky planets with implications for the origin of life
Johansen et al. — preprint