The origin of life is still one of humankind's great mysteries. At the transition between
nonliving and living matter, protocells, initially featureless aggregates of abiotic matter, gain …

Pathogen ingestion through drinking water bring about severe health threats to human
beings. Recently innovative nanotechnology and their integrated systems provide new …

Research on the origin of life is highly heterogeneous. After a peculiar historical
development, it still includes strongly opposed views which potentially hinder progress. In …

All life on Earth is built of organic molecules, so the primordial sources of reduced carbon
remain a major open question in studies of the origin of life. A variant of the alkaline …

Heterogeneous bubble nucleation is one of the most fundamental interfacial processes
ranging from nature to technology. There is excellent evidence that surface topology is …

The synthetic pathways of life's building blocks are envisaged to be through a series of
complex prebiotic reactions and processes. However, the strategy to compartmentalize and …

Success in the bottom‐up assembly of synthetic cells will depend on strategies for the
division of protocellular compartments. Here, we describe the controlled division of phase …

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 …

For the emergence of life, the abiotic synthesis of RNA from its monomers is a central step.
We found that in alkaline, drying conditions in bulk and at heated air‐water interfaces, 2 …

Dew is a common form of water that deposits from saturated air on colder surfaces. Although
presumably common on primordial Earth, its potential involvement in the origin of life in early …