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Duzdevich, Daniel, Nisler, Collin, Petkowski, Janusz J., Bains, William, Kaminsky, Caroline K., Szostak, Jack W. and Seager, Sara
2025.
Simple lipids form stable higher-order structures in concentrated sulfuric acid.
Astrobiology
25
(4)
, pp. 270-283.
10.1089/ast.2024.0124
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Petkowski, Janusz J., Seager, Sara, Seager, Maxwell D., Bains, William, Marinus, Nittert, Poizat, Mael, Plumet, Chad, van Wiltenburg, Jim, Visser, Ton and Poelert, Martin
2025.
Astrobiological implications of the stability and reactivity of peptide nucleic acid (PNA) in concentrated sulfuric acid.
Science Advances
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(13)
, eadr0006.
10.1126/sciadv.adr0006
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Bains, William
2025.
Linking fungal genomics to thermal growth limits: A dataset of 730 sequenced species.
Data
10
(4)
, 42.
10.3390/data10040042
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Petkowski, Janusz J., Seager, Maxwell D., Bains, William, Grimes, John H. and Seager, Sara
2025.
Mechanism for peptide bond solvolysis in 98% w/w concentrated sulfuric acid.
ACS Omega
10
(9)
, pp. 9623-9629.
10.1021/acsomega.4c10873
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Bains, William, Petkowski, Janusz J. and Seager, Sara
2024.
Alternative solvents for life: framework for evaluation, current status, and future research.
Astrobiology
24
(12)
, pp. 1231-1256.
10.1089/ast.2024.0004
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Petkowski, Janusz J., Seager, Maxwell D., Bains, William and Seager, Sara
2024.
General instability of dipeptides in concentrated sulfuric acid as relevant for the Venus cloud habitability.
Scientific Reports
14
(1)
, 17083.
10.1038/s41598-024-67342-w
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Petkowski, Janusz J., Seager, Sara and Bains, William
2024.
Reasons why life on Earth rarely makes fluorine-containing compounds and their implications for the search for life beyond Earth.
Scientific Reports
14
(1)
, 15575.
10.1038/s41598-024-66265-w
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Bains, William, Petkowski, Janusz J. and Seager, Sara
2024.
Venus' atmospheric chemistry and cloud characteristics are compatible with Venusian life.
Astrobiology
24
(4)
, pp. 371-385.
10.1089/ast.2022.0113
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Seager, Sara, Petkowski, Janusz J., Seager, Maxwell D., Grimes, John H., Zinsli, Zachary, Vollmer-Snarr, Heidi R., Abd El-Rahman, Mohamed K., Wishart, David S., Lee, Brian L., Gautam, Vasuk, Herrington, Lauren, Bains, William and Darrow, Charles
2024.
Year-long stability of nucleic acid bases in concentrated sulfuric acid: implications for the persistence of organic chemistry in Venus’ clouds.
Life
14
(5)
, 538.
10.3390/life14050538
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Petkowski, Janusz J., Seager, Sara, Grinspoon, David H., Bains, William, Ranjan, Sukrit, Rimmer, Paul B., Buchanan, Weston P., Agrawal, Rachana, Mogul, Rakesh and Carr, Christopher E.
2024.
Astrobiological potential of Venus atmosphere chemical anomalies and other unexplained cloud properties.
Astrobiology
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(4)
, 343.
10.1089/ast.2022.0060
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Bains, William, Seager, Sara, Clements, David L., Greaves, Jane S.  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3133-413X, Rimmer, Paul B. and Petkowski, Janusz J.
2024.
Source of phosphine on Venus—An unsolved problem.
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
11
, 1372057.
10.3389/fspas.2024.1372057
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Seager, Maxwell D., Seager, Sara, Bains, William and Petkowski, Janusz J.
2024.
Stability of 20 biogenic amino acids in concentrated sulfuric acid: Implications for the habitability of Venus' clouds.
Astrobiology
24
(4)
, pp. 386-396.
10.1089/ast.2023.0082
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Seager, Sara, Petkowski, Janusz J., Huang, Jingcheng, Zhan, Zhuchang, Ravela, Sai and Bains, William
2023.
Fully fluorinated non-carbon compounds NF3 and SF6 as ideal technosignature gases.
Scientific Reports
13
, 13576.
10.1038/s41598-023-39972-z
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Seager, Sara, Petkowski, Janusz J., Seager, Maxwell D., Grimes, John H., Zinsli, Zachary, Vollmer-Snarr, Heidi R., Abd El-Rahman, Mohamed K., Wishart, David S., Lee, Brian L., Gautam, Vasuk, Herrington, Lauren, Bains, William and Darrow, Charles
2023.
Stability of nucleic acid bases in concentrated sulfuric acid: Implications for the habitability of Venus'clouds.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
120
(25)
, e2220007120.
10.1073/pnas.2220007120
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Duzdevich, Daniel, Petkowski, Janusz J., Bains, William, Cleaves, H. James, Carr, Christopher E., Borowska, Ewa I., Azua-Bustos, Armando, Cable, Morgan L., Dorrington, Graham E., Grinspoon, David H., Ligterink, Niels F. W., Riedo, Andreas, Wurz, Peter and Seager, Sara
2022.
An experimental approach to inform Venus astrobiology mission design and science objectives.
Aerospace
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, 597.
10.3390/aerospace9100597
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Bains, William, Viita, Eleanor, Petkowski, Janusz J. and Seager, Sara
2022.
Stratospheric chemical lifetime of aviation fuel incomplete combustion products.
Atmosphere
13
(8)
, e1209.
10.3390/atmos13081209
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Bains, William, Petkowski, Janusz J., Seager, Sara, Ranjan, Sukrit, Sousa-Silva, Clara, Rimmer, Paul B., Zhan, Zhuchang, Greaves, Jane S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3133-413X and Richards, Anita M. S.
2022.
Venusian phosphine: a 'wow!' signal in chemistry?
Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon and the Related Elements
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(5-6)
, pp. 438-443.
10.1080/10426507.2021.1998051
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Greaves, Jane S ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3133-413X, Rimmer, Paul B, Richards, Anita M S, Petkowski, Janusz J, Bains, William, Ranjan, Sukrit, Seager, Sara, Clements, David L, Silva, Clara Sousa and Fraser, Helen J
2022.
Low levels of sulphur dioxide contamination of Venusian phosphine spectra.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
514
(2)
, pp. 2994-3001.
10.1093/mnras/stac1438
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Ranjan, Sukrit, Seager, Sara, Zhan, Zhuchang, Koll, Daniel D. B., Bains, William, Petkowski, Janusz J., Huang, Jingcheng and Lin, Zifan
2022.
Photochemical runaway in exoplanet atmospheres: implications for biosignatures.
Astrophysical Journal
930
(2)
, 131.
10.3847/1538-4357/ac5749
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Bains, William, Petkowski, Janusz Jurand, Zhan, Zhuchang and Seager, Sara
2022.
A data resource for prediction of gas-phase thermodynamic properties of small molecules.
Data
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, 33.
10.3390/data7030033
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Bains, William, Shorttle, Oliver, Ranjan, Sukrit, Rimmer, Paul B., Petkowski, Janusz J., Greaves, Jane S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3133-413X and Seager, Sara
2022.
Only extraordinary volcanism can explain the presence of parts per billion phosphine on Venus.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
119
(7)
, e2121702119.
10.1073/pnas.2121702119
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Bains, William, Petkowski, Janusz Jurand, Zhan, Zhuchang and Seager, Sara
2021.
Evaluating alternatives to water as solvents for life: the example of sulfuric acid.
Life
11
(5)
, 400.
10.3390/life11050400
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Bains, William, Borriello, Enrico and Schulze-Makuch, Dirk
2021.
Evolution of default genetic control mechanisms.
PLoS ONE
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(5)
, e0251568.
10.1371/journal.pone.0251568
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