It could vaporize a rock and identify its minerals from the spectrum of light they emitted, or drill a sample and tease apart its chemical constituents.

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For clarification the study, per the statement quoted below in the last paragraph, was limited to a sample of individuals referred into comprehensive community mental services and not indicative of the general population of people on the spectrum.

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