00:00and the nova prize in chemistry 2026 has been awarded to two scientists for discoveries that
00:06showed how chemical reactions can produce one of two mirror images forms of a molecule
00:12henry kegan and ken soswai have been awarded for the discovery of non-linear effects and
00:20auto catalysis catalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis henry discover a new way of manipulating
00:28chemical reactions allowing a greater excess of one of the mirror images to be created than was
00:35previously assumed possible and ken sosw designed the first chemical reaction in which only one of
00:42the potential mirror images was formed their discoveries have been revolutionary for chemists
00:49who have developed reactions for the manufacture of pharmaceuticals flavors sand and more the
00:56assembly announced that the results on wednesday and ish will receive an equal share of 12 million
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