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Water as a Solvent for Life"Follow the water" is our basic strategy in searching for life in the universe. The universality of water as the solvent for living systems is usually justified by arguing that water supports the rich organic chemistry that seeds life, but alternative chemistries are possible in other organic solvents. Here, other, essential criteria for life that have not been sufficiently considered so far, will be discussed.
Document ID
20160000587
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Pohorille, Andrew (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Pratt, Lawrence R. (Tulane Univ. New Orleans, LA, United States)
Date Acquired
January 11, 2016
Publication Date
November 9, 2015
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Report/Patent Number
ARC-E-DAA-TN27307
Report Number: ARC-E-DAA-TN27307
Meeting Information
Meeting: COSPAR SYMPOSIUM
Location: Foz do Iguacu
Country: Brazil
Start Date: November 9, 2015
End Date: November 13, 2015
Sponsors: Instituto de Pesquisas Espaciais
Funding Number(s)
WBS: WBS 811073
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
terrestrial life
Follow the Water
solvophilic interactions

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