Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai win the Nobel Prize. Henri Kagan comes from France. Kenso Soai comes from Japan. They get the prize in the year 2026. Stockholm announces this news. The researchers get money. They get 12 million kronor. This is about 1 million euro. The party is on 10 December.
The researchers look at special molecules. Molecules are tiny parts in nature. Some molecules have two forms. These forms look like mirror images. You compare them with hands. There is a left hand and a right hand. Both look almost the same. But they do not fit together.
Nature often uses only one form. The researchers want to know why. They find a way to make only one form. This is very important for medicine. One form heals people. The mirror form can harm people. An old drug scandal shows this danger.
