Detection of circular polarization in light scattered from photosynthetic microbes

The identification of a universal biosignature that could be sensed remotely is critical to the prospects for success in the search for life elsewhere in the universe. A candidate universal biosignature is homochirality, which is likely to be a generic property of all biochemical life. Because of th...

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Main Authors: Sparks, William B., Hough, James, Germer, Thomas A., Chen, Feng, DasSarma, Shiladitya, DasSarma, Priya, Robb, Frank T., Manset, Nadine, Kolokolova, Ludmilla, Reid, Neill, Macchetto, F. Duccio, Martin, William
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2009
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Physical Sciences
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2674403/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19416893
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0810215106
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