A multi-analytical study shows that guano-derived taranakite transforms into the rare cave mineral francoanellite at low activation energy, driven by the gentle heat of decomposing organic matter.

Science has solved extraordinary problems, yet some long-standing questions remain unsettled even with modern tools and technology.

A Kerala teacher creates Rasappetti, a portable chemistry lab in a wooden box, to bring practical experiments to Class 6–10 ...

Mirror-image molecules can look identical on paper yet behave very differently in living systems. Work by Henry Kagan and ...

We have summarized the news announced on October 7, 2026, so that it can be read without specialized knowledge.A 30-second ...

Henri Kagan and Kensō Soai designed chemical reactions producing only one of the two mirror-image forms of a molecule—an important finding for the synthesis of pharmaceuticals and other biological ...

Many molecules behave in much the same way. This seemingly simple feature lies at the heart of the 2026 Nobel Prize in ...

Why does life use one 'hand'?The molecules that make up our bodies have a 'handedness,' like a right hand and a left hand.

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry honors Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai for nonlinear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric ...

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded Wednesday, Oct. 7, to French chemist Henri B. Kagan and Japanese chemist Kenso ...

France’s Henri B. Kagan and Japan’s Kenso Soai have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discoveries that explain how ...

Henri B Kagan and Kenso Soai won the 2026 Nobel Chemistry Prize for discoveries showing how tiny molecular imbalances can be ...