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April 13, 2016

Artificial comet holds clues to the origin of life
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 12, 2016
Researchers have for the first time shown that ribose, a sugar that is one of the building blocks of genetic material in living organisms, may have formed in cometary ices. To obtain this result, scientists at the Institut de Chimie de Nice (CNRS/Universite Nice Sophia Antipolis) carried out a highly detailed analysis of an artificial comet created by their colleagues at the Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (CNRS/Universite Paris-Sud). Along with other teams, including one at the SOLEIL synchrotr ... read more

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