<ul><li>Scientists have discovered that small charges in water spray can trigger the formation of key biochemicals.</li><li>Micro-lightning, small electricity discharges occurring between tiny droplets of water spray, have been found to produce chemical compounds used by present-day life when interacting with a mixture of gases replicating the early Earth's atmosphere.</li><li>These chemical compounds include glycine, uracil, urea, cyanoacetylene, and hydrogen cyanide, which are considered building blocks of life.</li><li>This discovery provides a new plausible mechanism to understand how life's building blocks could have originated on Earth.</li></ul>

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

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