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Check out NfoLD's research in an easily to consume form! See the highlights from the exciting things we've discovered as we search for signs of life in the universe.

Aspects of the biological carbon cycle in a ca. 3.42-billion-year-old marine ecosystem

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2024.107289

Xeno Amino Acids: A look into the biochemistry of alien life "As We Do Not Know It"

https://doi.org/10.3390/life13122281

Solid-State Single-Molecule Sensing with the Electronic Life-Detection Instrument for Enceladus/Europa (ELIE)

https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2022.0119

Endogenous CO2 ice mixture on the surface of Europa and no detection of plume activity

https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adg4270

Detection of phosphate originating from Enceladus's ocean

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05987-9

Orbit-to-ground framework to decode and predict biosignature patterns in terrestrial analogues

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-022-01882-x

Detection of Biosignatures by Capillary Electrophoresis Mass Spectrometry in the Presence of Salts Relevant to Ocean Worlds Missions

https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2021.0091

Shallow-sea alkaline hydrothermal vents are favorable environments for prebiotic chemistry on early Earth and potentially other planets

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-022-01067-1

Organic synthesis associated with serpentinization and carbonation on early Mars

https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abg7905

Organic Molecules Revealed in Mars's Bagnold Dunes by Curiosity's Derivitization Experiment

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-021-01507-9

Polar Microbes Give Peptide Clues for Detecting Life on Icy Worlds

https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15485

Generalized Stoichiometry and Biogeochemistry for Astrobiological Applications

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11538-021-00877-5

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