Life Is Asymmetric. The Scientists Who Figured Out Why Won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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Life Is Asymmetric. The Scientists Who Figured Out Why Won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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Chemists Henri Kagan and Kensō Soai were awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on reactions that produce one of two mirror-image forms of a molecule. The finding is important for synthesizing pharmaceuticals and other biologically relevant substances.

Henri Kagan and Kensō Soai designed chemical reactions producing only one of the two mirror-image forms of a molecule—an important finding for the synthesis of pharmaceuticals and other biological substances.

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