Deep-Sea Abyssal Hydrothermal Vents Unveil Primordial Catalytic Engines Behind Life Origin
Deep ocean submersible expeditions discover mineral-templated metabolic cycles synthesizing complex organic amino acids without biological enzyme presence.
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Oceanographic investigations along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge have discovered active alkaline hydrothermal chimneys containing natural iron-nickel sulfide catalysts capable of spontaneously reducing carbon dioxide into pre-cellular organic acids under deep-sea hydrothermal pressures.
