Chemistry Nobel awarded for solving mystery of life's asymmetry
Scientists Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their research into molecular chirality. Their work explains why life selectively favors one version of mirror-image molecules over the other.
Why it matters
This discovery solves a fundamental mystery regarding the chemical origins of life and has significant implications for pharmaceutical and chemical synthesis.
By Victoria Gill Science correspondent Published 20 minutes ago The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to French scientist Henri B. Kagan and Japan's Kenso Soai for providing a solution to the chemical mystery of life's asymmetry.
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