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"Follow the water" is our basic strategy in searching for life in the universe. The universality of water as the solvent for living systems is usually justified by arguing that water supports the rich organic chemistry that seeds life, but alternative chemistries are possible in other organic solvents. Here, other, essential criteria for life that have not been sufficiently considered so far, will be discussed
Without liquid water, terrestrial life could not exist. All living organisms on Earth depend on wate...
Water is the wonder substance: no other has such a wide range of 'talents' (i.e. exceptional propert...
From the point of view of mankind, water is certainly the most important simple substance in the w...
The universality of water as the solvent for life is usually justified by its role in supporting the...
Water is one of the most abundant chemical compounds on Earth. The biosphere consists of more than 9...
If a search for exoplanet life were mounted today, the likely focus would be to detect oxygen (or oz...
Many share the feeling that we are at in the midst of a shift in our perception of water – a shift f...
Water plays a crucial role in biology. The H2O molecule has unusual physical chemical properties, du...
The choice of a solvent determines the possible biochemistry of life. Life on Earth is based on carb...
Water offers a large temperature domain of stable liquid, and the characteristic hydrophobic effects...
BACKGROUND: Many well-documented biochemical processes lack a molecular mechanism. Examples are: how...
Many well-documented biochemical processes lack a molecular mechanism. Examples are: how ATP hydroly...
The chemistry of life requires a solvent, which for life on Earth is water. Several alternative solv...
Everyone knows water is essential for life, and generations of scientists have marvelled at the prop...
The concept of life is central to biology and related life sciences, but there is no convergence on ...
Without liquid water, terrestrial life could not exist. All living organisms on Earth depend on wate...
Water is the wonder substance: no other has such a wide range of 'talents' (i.e. exceptional propert...
From the point of view of mankind, water is certainly the most important simple substance in the w...
The universality of water as the solvent for life is usually justified by its role in supporting the...
Water is one of the most abundant chemical compounds on Earth. The biosphere consists of more than 9...
If a search for exoplanet life were mounted today, the likely focus would be to detect oxygen (or oz...
Many share the feeling that we are at in the midst of a shift in our perception of water – a shift f...
Water plays a crucial role in biology. The H2O molecule has unusual physical chemical properties, du...
The choice of a solvent determines the possible biochemistry of life. Life on Earth is based on carb...
Water offers a large temperature domain of stable liquid, and the characteristic hydrophobic effects...
BACKGROUND: Many well-documented biochemical processes lack a molecular mechanism. Examples are: how...
Many well-documented biochemical processes lack a molecular mechanism. Examples are: how ATP hydroly...
The chemistry of life requires a solvent, which for life on Earth is water. Several alternative solv...
Everyone knows water is essential for life, and generations of scientists have marvelled at the prop...
The concept of life is central to biology and related life sciences, but there is no convergence on ...
Without liquid water, terrestrial life could not exist. All living organisms on Earth depend on wate...
Water is the wonder substance: no other has such a wide range of 'talents' (i.e. exceptional propert...
From the point of view of mankind, water is certainly the most important simple substance in the w...
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