The 2026 Nobel Prize in chemistry gave a hand to handed molecules – and the processes chemists use to create them.
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From thalidomide to resveratrol, molecules with the exact same chemical properties can have drastically different effects in the body depending on how they’re arranged in space.
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Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Wake Forest University