This chemical reaction eventually resulted in the production of organic molecules such as glycine (an amino acid) and uracil (a key component of RNA). Our experiment shows that the “microelectric discharges between oppositely charged water microdroplets make all the organic molecules observed previously in the Miller-Urey experiment, and we propose that this is a new mechanism for the prebiotic synthesis of molecules that constitute the building blocks of life,” Zare noted.
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