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Scientists Propose Light-Based Test to Detect Hypothetical ‘Mirror Life’

Scientists Propose Light-Based Test to Detect Hypothetical ‘Mirror Life’

Researchers from the University of Strathclyde and Durham University outlined a method to detect hypothetical mirror-image life using molecules that emit left- and right-handed light. They say it could provide the first way to identify such organisms if they exist.

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Light-based method could offer first way to detect hypothetical 'mirror life'