Molecules, Water, and Radiant Energy: New Clues for the Origin of Life

We here examine the putative first step in the origin of life: the coalescence of dispersed molecules into a more condensed, organized state. Fresh evidence implies that the driving energy for this coalescence may come in a manner more direct than previously thought. The sun’s radiant energy separat...

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Autores principales: Pollack, Gerald H., Figueroa, Xavier, Zhao, Qing
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2009
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2680624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19468316
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms10041419
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description We here examine the putative first step in the origin of life: the coalescence of dispersed molecules into a more condensed, organized state. Fresh evidence implies that the driving energy for this coalescence may come in a manner more direct than previously thought. The sun’s radiant energy separates charge in water, and this free charge demonstrably induces condensation. This condensation mechanism puts water as a central protagonist in life rather than as an incidental participant, and thereby helps explain why life requires water.
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spelling pubmed-26806242009-05-22 Molecules, Water, and Radiant Energy: New Clues for the Origin of Life Pollack, Gerald H. Figueroa, Xavier Zhao, Qing Int J Mol Sci Review We here examine the putative first step in the origin of life: the coalescence of dispersed molecules into a more condensed, organized state. Fresh evidence implies that the driving energy for this coalescence may come in a manner more direct than previously thought. The sun’s radiant energy separates charge in water, and this free charge demonstrably induces condensation. This condensation mechanism puts water as a central protagonist in life rather than as an incidental participant, and thereby helps explain why life requires water. Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2009-03-27 /pmc/articles/PMC2680624/ /pubmed/19468316 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms10041419 Text en © 2009 by the authors; licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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Molecules, Water, and Radiant Energy: New Clues for the Origin of Life
title Molecules, Water, and Radiant Energy: New Clues for the Origin of Life
title_full Molecules, Water, and Radiant Energy: New Clues for the Origin of Life
title_fullStr Molecules, Water, and Radiant Energy: New Clues for the Origin of Life
title_full_unstemmed Molecules, Water, and Radiant Energy: New Clues for the Origin of Life
title_short Molecules, Water, and Radiant Energy: New Clues for the Origin of Life
title_sort molecules, water, and radiant energy: new clues for the origin of life
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2680624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19468316
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms10041419
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