The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences called the discoveries of Kagan and Soai “decisive for chemists who design reactions for the manufacture of pharmaceuticals.” (X via Ursula von der Leyen) By CASSANDRA VINOGRAD Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai were awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for solving a long-standing mystery about mirror images in molecules. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences called their discoveries “decisive for chemists who design reactions for the manufacture of…
