Microbes based on mirror images of molecules in the natural world would have a hard time surviving outside the laboratory, according to a modelling study. To do so, they would need a ready supply of ...

Synthetic biologists were tantalized by the idea of making mirror images of microbes. Then things got complicated. For four days in February 2019, some 30 synthetic biologists and ethicists hunkered ...

Living systems rely on molecules fitting together precisely. A key concept is chirality – many biological building blocks come in mirror-image forms, like left and right hands. Life on Earth mostly ...

Organic solar cells are made from conductive polymers, which makes them cheap, light, and flexible. However, one drawback is that their efficiency lags behind the best silicon devices—but this may ...

Scientists built the first fully functional mirror-image pore; and, in lab assays, it lowered survival of aggressive breast cancer cells by about 27 percent. The work spans India and Germany, with ...

"Mirror life" refers to hypothetical living cells built entirely from molecular components that are the mirror image of those found in all known organisms on Earth. In chemistry, this property is ...

Scientists are considering what limits to potentially place on mirror-image cell research. Kateryna Kon / Science Photo Library via Getty Images Scientists have been voicing concerns over the creation ...

At an international conference this week, experts will work to chart a path forward as they tackle the promise and perils of mirror-image cells. Reading time 2 minutes The prospect of creating “mirror ...

Kate Adamala had been working on something dangerous. At her synthetic biology lab, Adamala had been taking preliminary steps toward creating a living cell from scratch with one key twist: All the ...

A mirror-image version of an ancient protein can still bind to DNA, challenging beliefs about molecular handedness and offering fresh clues about early life’s evolution. A molecular reinterpretation ...

From living matter to molecules to elementary particles, the world is made of “chiral” objects that differ from their reflected forms. After her adventures in Wonderland, the fictional Alice stepped ...