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Research Highlights

2018

Chemical diversity of metal sulfide minerals and its implications for the origin of life

Yamei Li,  Norio Kitadai, and Ryuhei Nakamura published a paper in "Life"

December 06, 2018

Common table salt may have been crucial for the origins of life

Ruiqin Yi, Yayoi Hongo, Albert Fahrenbach and others published a paper in Chemistry Select

November 30, 2018

White paper on the future of life detection technologies

Chaitania Giri, Tony Jia, H.James Cleaves, Tomohiro Usui, Yuka Fujii, Hidenori Genda, Richard Gillams, Keiko Hamano and others  published a paper in ArXiv

November 07, 2018

A more comprehensive habitable zone for finding life on other planets

Ramses Ramirez published a paper in Geosciences

August 08, 2018

Isotopic signature of core-derived SiO₂

George Helffrich, Kei Hirose and others published a paper in American Mineralogist

August 02, 2018

Scientists develop new strategies to discover life beyond Earth

Yuka Fujii published a paper in "Astrobiology"

June 29, 2018

Using artificial intelligence to understand volcanic eruptions from tiny ash

Daigo Shoji and others published a paper in Scientific Reports

June 27, 2018

Simple chemical process that may have led to the origin of life on Earth

Kuhan Chandru, H. James Cleaves and others published a paper in Nature Communications

June 15, 2018

Mineral surface-templated self-assembling systems: Case studies from nanoscience and surface science towards origins of life research

Richard Gillams and Tony Jia published a paper in "Life"

May 11, 2018