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Nobel Prize in Chemistry · 2026

Mirror molecules: why life picked one hand

Why molecules come as left and right mirror twins, why life uses only one, and how Kagan and Soai made chemistry pick one hand, starting from zero: atoms, shapes, light, then the discovery. 13 short lessons.

Based on the Nobel Committee’s explanation, retold in simple words.