The origins of life remain a major mystery. How were complex molecules able to form and remain intact for prolonged periods without disintegrating? A team at ORIGINS, a Munich-based Cluster of Excellence, has demonstrated a mechanism that could have enabled the first RNA molecules to stabilize in the primordial soup.
Researchers demonstrate mechanism that may have stabilized the first RNA molecules retrieved 2 August 2024 from https://phys.org/news/2024-08-mechanism-stabilized-rna-molecules.html
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