University of California - Santa Barbara, PhysOrg.com
This is a popular press article about the Hansma mica hypothesis for the origin of life. It briefly explains the possible chemistry of biomolecule (RNA, protein) creation in mica layers. There is a toolbox that provides tools to save, print, share, or comment on the article, as well as a comments section that can be filtered according to user ratings of the comments.
Subject: Biology:Microbiology, Biology, Chemistry, Biology:Evolution:Processes, Biology:Molecular Biology, Astrobiology, Biogeochemistry, Evolution Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Scientific Resources Grade Level: General Public, College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12) Theme: Teach the Earth:Course Topics:BiogeoscienceKeywords: origin of life, mica, biomolecules