Toxic Hydrogen Cyanide And Its Role In The Origins Of Life
Evan Gough
The exact moment when life began on Earth may be forever hidden from us. But scientific research can explore the events leading up to that moment. Researchers have mad a lot of progress in finding the building blocks of life and in understanding how they formed.
New research in ACS Central Science extends that understanding.
It's titled "Electric Fields Can Assist Prebiotic Reactivity on Hydrogen Cyanide Surfaces." The lead author is Marco Cappelletti from the Department of Chemistry and...