Stockholm, Oct 7, 2026 (AFP) - French-Japanese duo wins chemistry Nobel for solving molecular 'mystery'

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2026-10-07

France's Henri Kagan and Japan's Kenso Soai on Wednesday won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for solving the mystery of why only one form of certain molecules appears in nature, a discovery decisive for the manufacture of pharmaceuticals. The pair were honoured "for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis", the jury said. Like hands, molecules such as amino acids exist as two mirrored variants, but only......

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