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Small charges in water spray can trigger the formation of key biochemicals

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Stanford University professor Richard Zare says micro-lightning may have helped supply raw materials needed for life.

Micro-lightnings produced chemical compounds used by present-day life, like glycine, uracil, and urea.

Zare is the senior author of a study into a previously unknown electrochemical process.

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