Seeing this article, I can't help but think that this is actually equivalent to leaving a "foreshadowing" for the existence of other substances (such as methane, ammonia, nitrogen, etc.) in their corresponding "freezing point (phase transition point)" and the formation mechanism of organic matter on non-terrestrial planets. This means that in the low-temperature environment that is widely present in the universe, mechanical force-electrical effects (such as flexural electricity) may replace thermal energy and become a key factor driving chemical reactions and creating molecular complexity and order, completely subverting the "geocentric" view of life that we have constructed based on our own "warm-blooded life" in the past, thus providing an unconventional but possibly extremely common path for the origin of life in the "cold world".

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-025-02995-6