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Published online 29 March 2000 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news000030-9
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Left and light
An array of tiny rings and wires is all that is needed, Philip Ball discovers, to reverse one of natureÕs rules and make light behave in a Ôleft-handedÕ way.
Left-handers have every reason to feel disgruntled. Not only are can-openers right-handed, but so are some of the laws of physics: light waves move through space according to a 'right-hand rule'.
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