Films · Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026 · Chirality
Explainer · Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026
Left hand, right hand
The end
Left hand, right hand
Image and mirror image act differently because receptors have a hand too. Kagan and Soai showed how a small excess can turn into almost a single hand.
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Left hand, right hand
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026 · Chirality
An explainer film in four chapters on the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: why a molecule is not the same as its mirror image, why the body notices the difference, how Kagan's amplifier gets purer than its catalyst, and how in Soai's reaction the molecule copies itself. Pause anywhere and ask.
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