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Chemistry Nobel awarded for mirror-image molecules

Chemistry Nobel awarded for mirrorimage molecules
A Briton and a German have been awarded the chemistry Nobel for their work to build new molecules.

Nobel Committee member Prof Peter Somfai, from Sweden's Lund University, gave the example of limonene, a molecule that exists in two mirror versions. The molecules behave in different ways: one version of the limonene molecule has a lemon scent, while its mirror image smells like orange.

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