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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Eh, make 'left handed' glassware that alters the chirality of the resultants , now I am interested.

=P

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 8 points 1 month ago

It does, but only for racemic mixtures: instead of getting 50% R, you get 50% S.

[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Whatever you do, do not put life in there

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

It would be far better for certain organic compounds though. Increase the effectiveness of drugs, eliminate side-effects, drastically cheapen the production of many componds making new products feasible.

But yeah, already living things would probably die very quickly.