Nitrogen is one of the important components for algae and is available in nature in various
redox states. Regulation in transport and assimilation of forms or compounds varies …

A major goal of synthetic biology is to understand the transition between non-living matter
and life. The bottom-up development of an artificial cell would provide a minimal system with …

Theories about the origin of life require chemical pathways that allow formation of life's key
building blocks under prebiotically plausible conditions. Complex molecules like RNA must …

The Fischer–Tropsch (FT) process converts a mixture of CO and H2 into liquid hydrocarbons
as a major component of the gas-to-liquid technology for the production of synthetic fuels …

The origin of life on Earth would benefit from a prebiotic atmosphere that produced nitriles,
like HCN, which enable ribonucleotide synthesis. However, geochemical evidence suggests …

The prebiotic replication of DNA and RNA is a complex interplay between chemistry and the
environment. Factors that have direct and indirect effects on prebiotic chemistry include …

Impacts may have had a significant effect on the atmospheric chemistry of the early Earth.
Reduced phases in the impactor (eg, metallic iron) can reduce the planet's H 2 O inventory …

HCN-derived polymers are a heterogeneous group of complex substances synthesized from
pure HCN; from its salts; from its oligomers, specifically its trimer and tetramer, amino-nalono …

Aldehydes are ubiquitous in star-forming regions and carbonaceous chondrites, serving as
essential intermediates in metabolic pathways and molecular mass growth processes to vital …

Phosphorus availability is considered a limiting factor in many scenarios for the origin of life.
The concentration of P in environments of prebiotic interest will have been governed by the …