# Chemistry Nobel awarded for solving the mystery of life’s asymmetry

https://mins.news/en/item/89429

- BBC News, 2026-10-07 10:09 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6ly038jg0d4o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> French scientist Henri B. Kagan and Japan’s Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for explaining why life uses one mirror-image form of certain molecules. Their work showed how chemical reactions can be designed to produce more of the desired form, a finding with importance for drug development.

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