See the captivating shine of a mirror glaze pour over a cake, reflecting vibrant colors and creating a dessert that’s almost too beautiful to eat.

This is very important—without this, the glaze might not form. When this is done, put the cake back in and bake for another 10-15 minutes . Cool outside the oven.

When you look in a mirror, the reflection is fundamentally you, but with a perfect reversal of all your features. This illustrates a phenomenon we also see in the tiny world of molecules.

A group of researchers has published new findings in Science Policy Forum on potential risks from the development of mirror bacteria—synthetic organisms in which all molecules have reversed ...

In a mirror, left and right become swapped. While you unscrew a bottle cap anti-clockwise in the real world, in the mirror you’ll be rotating it clockwise. Anything that has a handedness -- left ...

“Mirror life”—a synthetic organism, mirror-reversed on the molecular level from natural life—sounds like an impossibility. And so far, it is—even the simplest mirror bacterium would be dramatically ...

A category of synthetic organisms dubbed “mirror life,” whose component molecules are mirror images of their natural counterpart, could pose unprecedented risks to human life and ecosystems ...

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A group of 38 ...

In humans, the left hand and the right hand are mirror images of one another, but they’re not identical. One can’t be perfectly superimposed on the other. Neither can many molecules. The specific ...

But scientists have long wondered if a mirror version of life could be created. While these “mirror cells” could have profound medical implications, a new 299-page report warns that a mirror ...

So-called mirror cells could rampage through our ecosystems, food supply and immune systems, experts say, potentially without existing barriers to protect against them Eli Wizevich History ...