2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Chirality and Molecular Asymmetry
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry recognizes research into chirality—the property of molecules to occur in mirror forms—and ways to control the formation of the desired form. This field is important for medicines, precise organic synthesis and understanding molecular asymmetry in nature.
The laureates are Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai. Their work showed how to guide the formation of one mirror form of a molecule; closely related forms can interact differently with living organisms and materials.
