Department of Physics 2018 graduate \u015e. Furkan \u00d6zt\u00fcrk was among the scientists who made a series of breakthrough discoveries on the origin of life on Earth: Transition of inorganic molecules into organic matter. \u201cIt is a real breakthrough.\u201d said origin of life chemist and Nobel laureate Jack Szostak, \u201cHomochirality is essential to get biology started, and this is a possible \u2014 and I would say very likely \u2014 solution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u015e. Furkan \u00d6zt\u00fcrk pursues a PhD degree at Harvard University. His studies suggest a plausible solution to this elusive problem. In a quest of three articles, the authors combine state-of-the-art knowledge in physics, prebiotic chemistry and geochemistry and offer a physical mechanism that can break the mirror symmetry of biomolecules under prebiotic Earth conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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