The method can extract meaning even from material that has been altered by time, radiation or mixing processes.
Laser-induced fluorescence spectrometry will be used on NASA missions in order to remotely measure the chemical composition of other worlds, such as Europa. Israeli scientists have just discovered a method to use that data to detect evidence of alien life.
The degree of diversity of molecular species within amino-acid and fatty-acid assemblages distinguishes biological from abiotic samples, sug














