'Lost' samples from famous origin of life researcher could send search for first life in new direction
Monday, March 21, 2011 - 16:30
in Biology & Nature
Stanley Miller gained fame with his 1953 experiment showing the synthesis of organic compounds thought to be important in setting the origin of life in motion. Five years later, he produced samples from a similar experiment, shelved them and, as far as friends and colleagues know, never returned to them in his lifetime.