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This is what the 2026 Nobel prize for chemistry is all about

October 7, 2026 Guardian Science 1 min read
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This is what the 2026 Nobel prize for chemistry is all about

The Nobel prize in chemistry 2026 has been awarded to two scientists, Henri B Kagan at Paris-Sud University in France and Kensō Soai at Tokyo University of Science in Japan. Their discoveries showed how chemical reactions can produce an overwhelming excess of one of two mirror image forms of a molecule. Science journalist Linda Geddes tells Madeleine Finlay how this has become an important tool in drug development, allowing a greater understanding of how medicines work in the body

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