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Olivine May Have Given Life a Jump Start - New research shows olivine, common throughout the solar system, can help turn formaldehyde into sugars. The finding could help explain how the earliest organisms obtained sugars, which they use for energy and to build genetic molecules such as RNA and DNA.
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Olivine May Have Given Life a Jump Start - Eos

A mineral common throughout the solar system nudges a reaction that produces sugar molecules from formaldehyde.

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