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Seawater might have supplied the phosphorus required for emerging life. Researchers from the Universities of Cambridge and Cape Town may have found a solution ...

Reference: “Marine phosphate availability and the chemical origins of life on Earth” by Matthew P. “If iron helps put more phosphate in solution, then this could have relevance to early Mars,” said Tosca. “It is unusual because it is high in both phosphate and iron — we started to wonder what was so different about those particular waters.” They then built these data points into a model that could predict how much phosphate ancient seawater could hold. “We had a hunch that iron was key to phosphate solubility, but there just wasn’t enough data,” said Tosca. Phosphate is also relatively inaccessible in its mineral form – it can be difficult to dissolve in water so that life can utilize it.

Origin Energy Ltd on Wednesday forecast a sharp increase in underlying earnings from its energy markets business in fiscal 2023, helped by higher natural ...

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com The company now expects underlying earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization for its energy markets division between A$500 million ($315.65 million) and A$650 million in fiscal 2023, compared with A$365 million a year earlier. [(ORG.AX)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/ORG.AX) on Wednesday forecast a sharp increase in underlying earnings from its energy markets business in fiscal 2023, helped by higher natural gas prices.

Origin Energy expects gas earnings to surge this year, and next, amid the global supply crunch sparked by the war in Ukraine. The gas and electricity company on Wednesday upgraded the outlook for the energy markets division, and said higher costs for ...

"A higher contribution is expected from the electricity business as higher wholesale electricity prices flow through to customer tariffs," the company said. "The improvement in Energy Markets underlying EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation) compared to the prior year is driven by an expected increase in natural gas gross profit," Origin said in a market update. The gains for the gas producer from high world prices will be offset by higher costs for electricity generation in Australia that will take time to flow through to residential and business customers.

By Rhiannon Hoyle Origin Energy Ltd. on Wednesday said it expects an improvement in the underlying earnings of its energy markets division this fiscal year.

That compares to underlying Ebitda of A$365 million the year prior. on Wednesday said it expects an improvement in the underlying earnings of its energy markets division this fiscal year and next, supported in the near-term by higher natural-gas profits. Origin Energy Ltd.

Scientists have long been fascinated with the origin of life on Earth, namely the transition from simple pre-biotic organic molecules to living cell ...

The World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI) was launched in 2007 by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) to help build globally visible research centers in Japan. The Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) is one of Japan’s ambitious World Premiere International research centers, whose aim is to achieve progress in broadly inter-disciplinary scientific areas by inspiring the world’s greatest minds to come to Japan and collaborate on the most challenging scientific problems. Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) stands at the forefront of research and higher education as the leading university for science and technology in Japan. Pre-biotic chemistry is the study of how organic compounds formed and self-organised in the buildup to the origin of life on Earth. While polyester microdroplet assembly formation has been demonstrated in controlled conditions in the laboratory, more detailed characterisation of this process under a wide range of environmental conditions remains to be explored. In order for the polyester microdroplets to have been involved in chemical evolution, it is necessary to understand how readily available they would have been or how easily they could have formed on early Earth.

Australian power retailer and energy producer Origin Energy has flagged a major increase to earnings on the back of booming natural gas prices.

Origin announced plans to close the Eraring generator - NSW’s largest coal-fired power station - in 2025, which is seven years ahead of previous plans. The electricity earnings are subject to coal contracting outcomes, with negotiations under way with several counterparties, and the outcome of a price review on a ~50 PJ gas supply contract,” he said. It also has a high profitable stake in the Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) export venture in Queensland.

Oct 19 (Reuters) - Origin Energy Ltd ORG.AX on Wednesday forecast an increase in underlying earnings for its energy markets business in fiscal 2023, helped by higher natural gas prices. Australia's no.2 power producer expects underlying earnings before ...

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