https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/nobel-chemistry-prize-goes-to-pair-who-solved-mystery-of-mirror-image-moleculesContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/nobel-chemistry-prize-goes-to-pair-who-solved-mystery-of-mirror-image-moleculeshttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/nobel-chemistry-prize-goes-to-pair-who-solved-mystery-of-mirror-image-molecules#u127756Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:16:10 +0000Scientists Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for solving a century-old mystery regarding mirror-image molecules. Announced in Stockholm by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the French-Japanese duo was jointly honored for their discoveries in asymmetric organic synthesis and chiral chemistry. Their work allows researchers to make left- and right-handed molecules at will, untangling molecular asymmetry that dates back to chemical questions from the 1800s and impacting modern pharmaceuticals.Why it mattersChiral molecules exist in left- and right-handed forms t