Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a method to detect extraterrestrial life by measuring the reactivity of amino acids in samples, achieving 95% accuracy in distinguishing living from non-living material. The technique exploits the fact that living systems maintain reactive molecules necessary for life processes, creating a distinctive chemical signature that differs from non-living chemical systems.
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Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a method to detect extraterrestrial life by measuring the reactivity of amino acids in samples, achieving 95% accuracy in distinguishing living from non-living material. The technique exploits the fact that living systems maintain reactive molecules necessary for life processes, creating a distinctive chemical signature that differs from non-living chemical systems.