# Press Sort & Filters close ## Filters Publish Date expand\_more 2018 (2) 2019 (4) 2020 (3) Search Within Results Search Within Results search ## 9 results Show filters filter\_alt Sort by NewestOldestAlphabetical A-ZAlphabetical Z-APublish Date (DESC)Publish Date (ASC) sort list grid\_view ## 9 results [### UV-light induces sequence-selective charge transfer states in short guanosine-containing oligonucleotides ](/news/uv-light-induces-sequence-selective-charge-transfer-states-short-guanosine) August 31, 2020 Charge transfer states in different guanosine containing oligonucleotides decay on the picosecond timescale. Link: . onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/ full/10.1002/cbic.202000103 ![ChemBioChem Cover Art](/sites/g/files/omnuum1451/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/sasselovlab/files/image002.png?itok=A391Y7Ao) [### Zoe Todd successfully defends thesis "From Astronomy to Chemistry: Origins of the Building Blocks of Life." ](/news/zoe-todd-successfully-defends-thesis-astronomy-chemistry-origins-building-blocks) April 15, 2020 Abstract: The circumstances surrounding the origins of life on Earth are still unknown, though substantial progress has been made recently. In general, the origins of life might have followed the path where first, simple feedstock molecules available in... description [### Cosmic Rays May Explain Life’s Bias for Right-Handed DNA ](/news/cosmic-rays-may-explain-life%E2%80%99s-bias-right-handed-dna) June 29, 2020 Ultimately, the fact that researchers struggle to find a theory that balances the rise of chirality against the destruction of biological materials suggests that our ancestors may have been lucky to find that fine line. “There is something special about... description [### UV photostability of three 2-aminoazoles with key roles in prebiotic chemistry on the early earth ](/news/uv-photostability-three-2-aminoazoles-key-roles-prebiotic-chemistry-early-earth) August 27, 2019 Three molecules (2-aminoimidazole, 2-aminothiazole, and 2-aminooxazole) that could play important roles in prebiotic chemistry have varying lifetimes under UV radiation likely present on the early Earth. These UV lifetimes can help constrain potential... ![Three molecules](/sites/g/files/omnuum1451/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/sasselovlab/files/2019-09-02_1900.png?itok=cFxVA-Mi) [### Earliest life may have arisen in ponds, not oceans ](/news/earliest-life-may-have-arisen-ponds-not-oceans) April 12, 2019 Study finds shallow bodies of water were probably more suitable for Earth’s first life forms. ![Don Juan Pond in Antarctica.](/sites/g/files/omnuum1451/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/sasselovlab/files/mit-life-ponds_0.jpg?itok=maPyjkSI) [### A role for cyanide in recipe for life ](/news/role-cyanide-recipe-life) March 19, 2018 Harvard research explores ‘RNA world’ ![Cuvettes sit in the middle of a Rayonet reactor under a mercury emission lamp.](/sites/g/files/omnuum1451/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/sasselovlab/files/022818_todd_0645.jpg?itok=dsqu5SO8) [### Gaia Mission Helps Improve Classification Scheme for Exoplanet Sizes ](/news/gaia-mission-helps-improve-classification-scheme-exoplanet-sizes) September 21, 2018 [https://scitechdaily.com/gaia-mission-helps-improve-classification-sche…](https://scitechdaily.com/gaia-mission-helps-improve-classification-scheme-for-exoplanet-sizes/) ![planet size comparison](/sites/g/files/omnuum1451/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/sasselovlab/files/new-classification-scheme-for-exoplanet-sizes-777x437.jpg?itok=2LP7ddiU) [### Harvard astronomers reflect on Apollo 11 moon landing ](/news/harvard-astronomers-reflect-apollo-11-moon-landing) July 18, 2019 description [### How Life Began ](https://harvardmagazine.com/node/66059) July 01, 2019 Jack Szostak’s pursuit of the biggest questions on Earth by ERIN O'DONNELL ![Jack Szostak holding molecule](/sites/g/files/omnuum1451/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/sasselovlab/files/ja19_page_37_image_0001_0_0.jpg?itok=yHJDH0gO)