A category of synthetic organisms dubbed “mirror life,” whose component molecules are mirror images of their natural counterpart, could pose unprecedented risks to human life and ecosystems ...

“Driven by curiosity and plausible applications, some researchers had begun work toward creating lifeforms composed entirely of mirror-image biological molecules,” the researchers wrote in a ...

Anything that has a handedness -- left or right -- is said to be chiral. Chiral molecules that are mirror images of each other are called enantiomers. A good example is the compound thalidomide.

Mirror-image molecules are structurally identical, just as your left and right hands are structurally identical and can perform exactly the same functions. These molecules also have exactly the ...

But the molecules can exist in their mirror image too. It’s just that life, probably by chance, was structured with a particular twist. It’s an interesting aside to wonder whether life ...

Mirror' bacteria is comprised of lab-made 'mirror images' of molecules found in nature. Renowned scientists from the international group of Nobel laureates have cautioned against the creation of such ...

cautioned that mirror bacteria—constructed from mirror-image molecules—could evade immune defences in humans, animals, and plants, leading to lethal infections that spread uncontrollably in ...

Horrifying cases of deepfake explicit images are the "new frontier of violence against women", Parliament has heard. Shocked peers were told that in one instance a victim discovered one of her ...

The former owner of a café has been made to pay more than £6,000 after being found guilty of several hygiene offences - including rat droppings found "everywhere" in the premises. Mark Edward ...

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