Fluctuations in ancient Earth’s environment might have propelled the chemical complexity that laid the foundation for life.
New research shows that fluctuating environmental conditions helped chemical mixtures self-organize and evolve in structured ...
When mixed, all components contributed to the mixture's cytotoxicity and neurotoxicity," says the study's first-author, Karla ...
Their findings, appearing in Nature Chemistry, suggest that environmental factors played a key role in shaping the molecular complexity needed for life to emerge. To simulate early Earth, the team ...
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The research team simulated early Earth conditions by exposing mixtures of organic molecules to repeated wet-dry cycles, and observed continuous transformation, selective organization, and ...