Publications by authors named "Shohei Terazawa"
Astrobiology
December 2024
Article Synopsis
- Prebiotic synthesis of complex organic molecules has been difficult, but recent observations of liquid CO emissions in deep-sea environments suggest the existence of benthic CO pools.
- A new hypothesis proposes that a two-phase environment of supercritical CO (ScCO) and water can enhance the dehydration and condensation of organic compounds.
- Experiments demonstrated that this ScCO-water environment successfully produced various nucleoside monophosphates, indicating its potential to stimulate prebiotic nucleotide synthesis in extreme conditions, relevant both on Earth and in extraterrestrial ocean worlds.
