Nanostructures found in deep ocean vents could shed light on life's origins

Nanostructures found in deep ocean vents could shed light on life's origins

Terra Daily

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Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 26, 2024

Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) and the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have uncovered inorganic nanostructures around deep-ocean hydrothermal vents that closely resemble key molecules involved in life processes. These self-organized nanostructures function as selective ion channels, generating energy that can be

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