Telling if a molecule is right-handed or left-handed is a venerable problem, but traditional approaches cannot touch the subtlest cases. As so often, technical innovation has provided the way forward.
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Barron, L. Compliments from Lord Kelvin. Nature 446, 505–506 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/446505a
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