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UH Lab Creates Building Blocks for DNA in Simulated Deep Space Environment

UH Lab Creates Building Blocks for DNA in Simulated Deep Space Environment

by PISCES | Jan 3, 2023

Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa have discovered a way to synthetically make building blocks for DNA and RNA under the extreme conditions of deep space. The team blasted interstellar analog ices made of ammonia and methylamine with a laser to simulate...
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