Exciting framework from @pilarvergeli.bsky.social to characterize the chemical space occupied by biological systems using Van Krevelen diagrams and element scaling laws!
Elemental Stoichiometry as an Ecological Biosignature with Applications to Life Detection
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
The vast chemical space of possible small molecules, estimated at 10^60 compounds for molecules composed of just C, N, O, and S, is only sparsely occupied by biology. We propose that where life select...
