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

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.
Read the full story at WIRED ↗
ImpactNotable 35/100
Why it mattersRule-based estimate: event keywords (+6); trust 7/10.
RegionsGlobal
Published1 h ago (Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:30:00 GMT)
RetrievedThu, 08 Oct 2026 11:00:16 GMT via rss
ClassifiedThu, 08 Oct 2026 11:00:29 GMT by heuristic
AuthorFernanda González