Magnetic Clue To Life's Origins
Researchers have discovered that magnetic surfaces may have played a role in the origin of life by selectively attracting specific chiral molecules. This study offers a potential explanation for why biological molecules exhibit a consistent left- or right-handed bias.
A study offering new clues to the origin of life on Earth began at a family dinner. "We try to avoid talking about science during Friday night meals, but it rarely works," recalls Prof. Michal Sharon of the Weizmann Institute of Science. Two of her three siblings are scientists, including her brother, Prof. Yossi Paltiel , a physicist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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