Chemistry Nobel awarded for mirror-image molecules
6 Oct 2021
BBC News
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.