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Jeehyun Yang
Coverage of Jeehyun Yang in the Nexus archive.
- Life, uh, finds a pathway — Caltech researchers think they found one too
Caltech researchers discovered a chemical reaction involving benzene and hydrogen cyanide that could explain the formation of DNA and RNA nucleobases on early Earth and potentially Mars. The study suggests sunlight and asteroid impacts may have driven this pathway, offering a simpler explanation than previous theories.