Henri Kagan and Kensō Soai designed chemical reactions producing only one of the two mirror-image forms of a molecule—an important finding for the synthesis of pharmaceuticals and other biological substances. The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was ...

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Chemistry can change the world. Chemistry is central to all sciences and to life itself. In a world made of molecules, chemistry reveals what these groups of two or more atoms look like and the rules they follow to interact with each other. Paper to paint ...

Decarbonization widens VIU spreads, with expanding premiums for high-grade feedstocks bifurcating the iron ore market. Read more here.

Lucknow: Prof Koneni V Sashidhara, scientist ‘G’ and head of the Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division at CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC),

“Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai have provided a solution to a chemical mystery that is over a century old: how homochirality can emerge spontaneously,” said Heiner Linke, chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, in a statement. “The chemical reactions they have developed are spectacular.”

This year’s National Chemistry Week theme, “Chemistry Under Construction,” gives us an opportunity to explore the chemistry behind the materials that build our world—from concrete and steel to bricks and polymers.