Scientists reconstruct 3.2-billion-year-old enzyme to study origins of life on Earth
Researchers rebuilt long-extinct versions of a crucial enzyme that helps make nitrogen available to life, offering an unprecedented glimpse into Earth’s distant past. The breakthrough could aid the…
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