The origin of life is a fascinating, unresolved problem whose deciphering would have
important scientific, epistemological and social implications. Over time, philosophers and …

α-Amino acids are easily accessible through abiotic processes and were likely present
before the emergence of life. However, the role they could have played in the process …

We report here the first detection in the interstellar medium of the cyanomidyl radical
(HNCN). Using the Yebes 40m and the IRAM 30m telescopes, we have targeted the …

Complex organic molecules are widely observed in star-forming regions, although their
formation mechanisms are not well understood. Solid-state chemistry is thought to play an …

The demonstration that ribosomal peptide synthesis is a ribozyme-catalyzed reaction does
not establish that amino acids and peptides have been useless and/or missing in an RNA …

A growing number of out-of-equilibrium systems have been created and investigated in
chemical laboratories over the past decade. One way to achieve this is to create a reaction …

The increasing use of herbicides has generated health and environmental problems, as
their bioaccumulative characteristics affect water resources. Traditional water treatment …

A brand-new advanced oxidation process (AOP) system consisting of MgO2 nanoparticles
and MgNCN/MgO nanocomposites was firstly developed for the degradation of organic …

The cyanamide moiety provides many opportunities as a building block for the synthesis of
nitrogen-containing heterocycles. This review discusses the reported methods for the …

Phosphorylation under plausible prebiotic conditions continues to be one of the defining
issues for the role of phosphorus in the origins of life processes. In this review, we cover the …