Biotech
Mirror, Mirror
Life Is Asymmetric. The Scientists Who Figured Out Why Won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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.
Not Going Viral
Why AI Isn’t Likely to Wipe Out Humanity With Bioweapons
Together At Last
A Startup Is Using Special Polymers to Better Help Nerves Heal
Testing, Testing
3 People Have Gotten Cancer-Detecting Implants in Their Brains
Public Health
